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6MTRApril 2012news FMC: $1.5B Pre-Salt Subsea Tree Agreement with Petrobras FMC Technologies, Inc. signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras for the supply of pre-salt subsea equipment. The total award will result in approximately $1.5 bil- lion in revenue to FMC Technologies if all of the subsea equipment included in theagreement is ordered. The initial call-off has an approximate value of $900m in revenue to FMC and includes 78 subsea trees. FMCs total scope of supply could include the delivery of up to 130 subseatrees, subsea multiplex controls and relat- ed tools and equipment. The tree systems are for use offshore Brazil in water depths up to 8,200 ft. (2,500m). The equipmentwill be engineered at FMCs South American Technology Center and manu- factured at FMCs subsea facility, both of which are located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The subsea trees will achieve 70% Brazilian local content and deliveries are scheduled to commence in 2014.Liquid Robotics' PacX ChallengeWave Gliders Breaks Record Liquid Robotics reports that the PacX Challenge Wave Gliders have broken the Guinness Book World record for distance by an unmanned wave powered vehicle. Arriving in Hawaii on the first leg of its9000 nautical mile journey across the Pacific, they have traveled more than 3200 nm breaking the previous world dis- tance record of 2500 nm. Launched on November 17, 2011 from San Francisco Bay, the Wave Gliders have survived 8-m (26-ft.) waves in a gale force storm, defied turbulent mid-ocean cur-rents, all while transmitting real time ocean data and staying on course to theirfirst destination: the Big Island of Hawaii.After a short check-up, the PacX Wave Gliders will embark on their final journeysto Australia and Japan. During this por- tion of the record breaking, scientific expedition, the first team of Wave Gliders will cross the Mariana Trench and battle the Kuroshio Current on their way to Japan. The second team will cross the equator on their way to Australia. It isanticipated the arrivals will occur in late2012 or early 2013. www.liquidr.com/pacx Ulstein delivered the next genera- tion seismic research vessel Polarcus Amani to marine geophysical compa-ny Polarcus on March 29, 2012. The vessel is of the SX134 design from Ulstein, and is vessel number seven in Polarcus fleet; all with the X- BOW hull line design. Ulstein Verft is known for its punctual and high-quality deliveries, and with the delivery of Polarcus Amani, they have once again proven their ability to handle demanding building proj- ects,? says CEO of Polarcus, Rolf Rønningen. Polarcus Amani is the first Polarcus vessel built by Ulsteins own shipyard in Norway. It is soon to be followed by her sister vessel, yard number 293, due for delivery at the end of Q2. Polarcus Amani is an Arctic-ready vessel designed and built for opera- tions in Arctic waters. She carries the ICE-1A* and Winterized Basic nota- tions from DNV, and can operate in first-year ice of up to one meter thickness without the assistance oficebreakers. The entire vessel is ice- reinforced with thicker ribs and skin plates. She has de-icing and ice-preventing systems at critical tanks andpipelines, and propellers, gears and thrusters are dimensioned for with- standing operations in ice. Escapecorridors and rescue equipment are also protected against icing during Arctic operations. Although 3D seis- mic acquisition will only take placein ice-free, or possibly bergy water conditions, the arctic qualities of the vessel enables it to move through ice on her way to and from the survey area, or remain in icy areas waiting for the ice to clear, increasing the operational window of the vessel. Polarcus Amani carries the Clean Design notation from DNV. Ulstein Delivers Polarcus Amani3D seismic vessel Polarcus Amani was delivered from Ulstein.