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The contract value for both projects is approximately $15.6 million.

Aker Kvaerner Subsea will deliver engineering, procurement and con- struction of steel tube umbilicals and associated equipments.

The Fram Øst umbilical, which is a tie-back to the Troll C platform, is approximately 20 km in lengths including both dynamic and static cross section.

The Vilje umbilical is a static umbilical and will be tied-back to the riser base at the Marathon's Alvheim

FPSO.

Subsea Tie-in and

Connection Contract

Aker Kvaerner Subsea has been awarded a contract for supply of tie- in and connection system for Hydro's

Fram Øst and Vilje Field

Development in the North Sea through Technip Norge AS. The total contract value for the two projects are approximately $3.5 million.

The Fram Øst field is located in

Block 35/11 and will be tied back to the Troll C platform.

The Fram Øst scope of supply is engineering, hardware supply of flow- line termination heads, clamp con- nectors, hubs, porch structures and various caps.

In addition to the hardware equip- ment, rental of tools and hire in off- shore service personnel from our serv- ice group will be provided. Delivery of the hardware equipment is

February 2006 with offshore service and support July 2006.

The Vilje field, PL036, is located in the North Sea and will be tied back to the Alvheim production facility 19 km away. Aker Kverner Susbea will supply engineering and tie-in equip- ment for the two wells development.

The delivery of the hardware is

February 2006 with installation and service support July 2006.

Perry Slingsby Systems

For Subsea 7

Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) said that Subsea 7 purchased five Heavy

Lift Tether Management Systems (TMS) to interface with their latest fleet of Hercules ROV systems, which are currently in build. PSS will pro- vide Subsea 7 Ltd. with its latest design of high performance heavy lift capacity TMS, the Enhanced Type III system.

The system features an extended tether length capacity; a control sys- tem providing proportionally con- trolled tether pay-in and pay-out modes, and programmable automatic line speed/pull routines for optimized and safer ROV/TMS docking under unfavorable heave conditions subsea.

TSS Equipment for

NOAA Ships

TSS (International) Ltd. announced multiple sales of the

Meridian Standard Gyrocompass to the NOAA Marine Operations

Center Pacific (Seattle, WA). TSS (International) Ltd. specializes in the manufacturing of motion sensors, gyrocompasses, pipe and cable track- ers, and steering control systems.

The systems will be used on the

NOAA ship Hi'Ialaka, Ka'Imimoana (Honolulu, HI) and the Rainier (Seattle, WA).

Shell Opens Technical

Learning Facility

Shell International Exploration &

Production (Shell) opened a technical learning center in its new internation- al headquarters in Rijswijk, the

Netherlands. The site will be the pri- mary venue for Exploration &

Production (EP) technical training, and is designed to accelerate the tech- nical development of staff.

JDR Cable Appoints

Gahm

Paul T. Gahm has been appointed

Executive Vice President, Sales &

Marketing, worldwide. Formerly

Sales & Marketing Manager for

Oceaneering Multiflex, Gahm is a 30-year veteran in the offshore oil & gas industry, with emphasis in subsea umbilical markets in North America, the North Sea and Far East/Asia

Pacific regions.

Lockheed-Martin

Wins Contract

Lockheed-Martin Services Inc. won a $13,305,476 indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost- plus-incentive fee, award term, per- formance based contract to provide services for the operation of the

Towed Array Depot to include pro- duction, repair, refurbishment, instal- lation, and testing of towed array sonar systems and the associated engi- neering, technical and logistics sup- people & companies

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