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52MTROctober2011 headed Umbilicals since 2009 and will continue to do so in her new role. She has been with Aker Solutions since 1996. Underwater CenterHonored The Underwater Center has picked up a top award at the inaugural Energy North Awards Ceremony held in Inverness, Thursday, September 29, 2011. The Center tri- umphed in the Best Oil and Gas Industry Service Supplier category, which recognizes companies that are involved in the oil and gas industry in the HIE region. The Underwater Center says it is the only training cen-ter in the world that offers the fullrange of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) commercial diving qualifica- tions in air and mixed gas diver train- ing, from HSE SCUBA to HSE Closed Bell diving. FMC Wins $135m BG Norge Deal FMC Technologies won a contract by BG Norge, a subsidiary of BG Group, for the manufacture and sup- ply of subsea production equipment to support the Knarr oil and gas field. The contract has a value of approxi- mately $135m in revenue to FMC Technologies. The Knarr field, for- merly known as Jordbaer, is located in Norwegian block 34/3 of the North Sea in water depths of approximately 1,320 ft. (400m). FMC's scope ofsupply includes three each of subsea production trees and water injection trees. The company will also provide six subsea control modules, five well- heads, two manifolds and other relat- ed equipment and controls. Deliveries will commence in the spring of 2013. "This is the first call-off order under the new multi-year frame agree- ment," said Tore Halvorsen, FMC's Senior Vice President, Global Subsea Production Systems. "We recently completed a detailed engineeringstudy for the project, and we are eager to now support the field with our subsea systems."IEEE OES Presents Awards at Oceans '11 IEEE OES announced its annualaward recipients at OCEANS ?11. The Distinguished Technical Achievement Award recipient Christopher von Alt was recognized for his significant accomplishmentsin oceanic engineering. He is a leader in the development and use of autonomous underwater vehicles in oceanography, underwater acoustics, and ocean engineering. The Distinguished Service Award recipi- ent James T. Barbera was honored for outstanding contributions towards the objectives of the Oceanic Engineering Society. He has been active in the management of IEEE OES for many years serving on the Administrative Committee for 12 of those years. Also honored at the Awards luncheon was Donald E. Barrick. He was named IEEE Fellow, Class of 2011. His recent research has involved use of HF-radar surface current data for improving ocean cir- culation models and use of normalmodes to extend and improve now- cast maps of HF radar data in baysand estuaries.SeaZone Expands DataCoverageSeaZone is expanding the data available in its products, both in terms of geographical coverage and data features. Data from hydrograph- ic offices, research institutions, pri- vate companies and NGOs through- out the world is being incorporatedinto the SeaZone suite of products. SeaZone sources datasets from defin- itive data providers, ensuring only official and accurate information isused in its products. SeaZone?s flag- ship product, HydroSpatial, an off- the-shelf authoritative digital marine map, is undergoing a revamp. http://www.seazone.com FPSO OSX-1 MooringSystem Enroute to Brazil The disconnectable buoy that com- prises the mooring system of theFPSO OSX-1 (floating production, storage and offloading unit for oiland gas) belonging to OSX, an EBXGroup company, arrived in Rio de Janeiro in September. It will be used for producing the first oil by OGX at Waimea in the Campos Basin. This is a large scale piece of equipment, witha height of approximately 17m, a diameter of 14m and weighing more than 700 tons. The buoy will be responsible for interconnecting the OSX-1 to well OGX-26 via flexible piping and umbilicals. Production estimates for this well is for up to 20,000 barrels of oil per day already people & companiesMTR#8 (50-64):MTR Layouts 10/11/2011 9:09 AM Page 52