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In the wake of an outstanding Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston earlier this month, signs clearly point to a continued buoyant offshore energy market for the long term.

Based on history, it is foolhardy to believe the oil and gas mar- ket will not experience its historic roller coaster ride. However the emerging trend of the continued push to cost-efficiently discover and recover oil and gas in increasingly deep waters bodes well for a very broad sector of the undersea technology market, as more than ever the oil and gas industry is dependent on next-generation technologies to not only identify resources, but to install, maintain and repair production facilities in deeper, more hostile and unpredictable environments. All of the companies who are working 24/7 to return Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations to 100 percent in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and

Rita of nine months ago will surely attest to that.

Greg Trauthwein

Associate Publisher & Editor • [email protected] 4 MTR May 2006 editorial

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AC-CESS...............................................................57

Acergy..................................................................50

Acoustic Imaging...................................................51

Aker Yards............................................................50

Argonaut...............................................................57

Bank of Bermuda ..................................................36

BlueFin .................................................................26

Bob Hamilton ........................................................33

Carlos Alfaro.........................................................16

Chelsea ................................................................60

Cheryl Zimmerman ................................................33

Chip Ryther...........................................................33

Coastal States Stewardship Foundation ..................54

Cummins ..............................................................38

Damon Teagle.......................................................10

Dan Frye...............................................................22

Daniel Inouye ........................................................39

Dave Broadbent ....................................................16

Deep Marine .........................................................49

Doug Wilson..........................................................11

Dr. Douglas Bergersen...........................................51

ECA Hytec ............................................................55

EDO Corporation...................................................54

Electric Boat.........................................................38

Elliott Bay Design Group ........................................36

Epic Divers & Marine .............................................42

EV Offshore ..........................................................60

FarSounder.......................................................9, 33

Global Marine Design.............................................38

Global Marine Systems Limited ..............................55

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute...................36

Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros..............................17

Hugh Murphy ........................................................33

Hydrex..................................................................40

Hydroid ...............................................................49

IMO ......................................................................57

Issac Ginis............................................................33

IVS 3D..................................................................51

IXSEA.......................................................36, 50, 59

James H.Miller ......................................................49

Jamie Allen ...........................................................11

Jeff Alt..................................................................10

Jeff McCalla..........................................................49

Jerry Lenaz...........................................................27

John Boreman.......................................................32

John Hoey ............................................................32

John Litherland......................................................37

Jonathan Ware ......................................................22

Julie Rodriguez......................................................42

Ken Wright............................................................27

Keppel FELS Limited .............................................39

Krogerwerft ..........................................................37

L.J. Rivet ..............................................................42

Lee Freitag ...........................................................22

Littoral Ships & Systems........................................16

Lockheed Martin .............................................16, 39

Lou Goodman .......................................................32

Mark Hixon ...........................................................39

Martin Anderson....................................................18 marvin Odum ........................................................14

Matthew Grund......................................................22

Matthew J. Zimmerman..........................................49

Merwede Shipyard.................................................15

Mike Quinn............................................................34

Nancy Kohler ........................................................32

National Oceanography Center...............................10

Nautronix MariPro..................................................54

NMFS ...................................................................32

Northrop Grumman ...............................................37

Oceanteam Power & Umbilical .........................36, 53

Oregon State University .........................................39

Patrick G. Garrity ....................................................7

Paul D. Ims...........................................................34

PEMEX .................................................................17

Perry Slingsby System.....................................18, 53

Peter Dierauer ......................................................49

PetroCom .............................................................27

Quest Marine Services...........................................33

Rene Huybreghts...................................................40

Richard Pombo .....................................................39

Rob Balloch ..........................................................26

Roy Newyman.......................................................36

Schilling................................................................50

Schilling Robotics..................................................55

Scripps Institution of Oceanography .......................22

Seaeye Marine ..................................................8, 56

Seatankers Management ......................................39

Seatronics ............................................................51

Shell Exploration & Production ...............................14

Simrad .................................................................38

Sonardyne ......................................................26, 59

Sonavision ............................................................57

SonTek .................................................................49

Steve Winthrow .....................................................33

Technip.................................................................50

Ted Stevens..........................................................39

Teledyne...............................................................32

Teledyne Benthos ..................................................49

Teledyne RDI.........................................................51

Terralogic .............................................................12

Tetra Technologies ................................................42

Transocean...........................................................51

Trinity International ................................................33

Triton ...................................................................51

TSS......................................................................58

Tyco Telecommunications ......................................37

UltraJet.................................................................38

University of California, Santa Barbara....................11

University of Michigan............................................10

University of New Hamphire ...................................50

University of Rhode Island......................................33

Veripos.................................................................53

Veritas Geophysical Company ................................53

VideoRay ................................................................6

Volkswagen.............................................................8

Wayne Gilchrest ....................................................38

Wayne Gonsalves ..................................................49

William Marra ........................................................37

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ................6, 24

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