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Saab Seaeye Marine Ltd

Lower Quay Rd, Fareham, Hampshire,

United Kingdom PO16 0RQ

Tel: +44 1329 289000

E-mail:[email protected] www.seaeye.com

Managing Director: Dave Grant

Engineering Director: Jon Robertson

Sales Director: Matt Bates

Number of Employees: 95

Annual Sales (US$): $12 million

Seaeye has, since the late 1980's, been a supplier of elec- tric powered ROVs to mainly the offshore oil and gas industry with more than 400 systems operating world- wide in this sector conducting everything from diver sup- port, pipeline survey, and drill support to IRM and light construction tasks. We have also supplied systems to the defence, scientific and private sectors. In 2002 Seaeye introduced its first ROV built to offshore standards but aimed at the requirements of coastal and inshore opera- tors. This Falcon ROV has since become a leading prod- uct in its class with sales of around 150 systems achieved by mid 2008. Sales and marketing activities for Falcon and the new deeper rated Falcon DR, Panther XT and

Jaguar have opened up new markets in the work class

ROV market. These products have introduced Seaeye to a much wider audience beyond oil and gas resulting in sales of Lynx, Tigers, and Panther Plus to various navies, research organizations and environmental groups includ- ing the Russian Navy who use their Panther Plus for sub- marine rescue operations and the French Navy who use theirs for torpedo recovery.

Technology Profile: Seaeye Pioneered the use of brush- less DC motors for reliable use in ROV thrusters and were the first to use modern plastics and composite materials in the construction of ROV frames and electronics pods.

Seaeye's Falcon is the first vehicle in its class to make use of modern distributed intelligence in the control system that improves reliability and ease of use but also adds to the inbuilt diagnostics capability of the system and reduces the weight of the vehicle by eliminating a heavy electronics pod. The new Jaguar incorporates new redun- dancy technologies and provides more powerful and deep- er rated systems to further extend the product range.

This includes not only further thruster developments but also new control technology, station keeping and power distribution techniques.

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Stress Subsea, Inc. 13603 Westland East Blvd.,Houston, TX 77041

Phone: 281.890-8441

Website: www.stress-subsea.com

President: Joe R. Fowler, Ph.D., P.E.

Stress Subsea, Inc. specializes in subsea tiebacks, pipeline design, field architecture development, and proj- ect management services. It offers a skilled engineering staff with an aver- age of 19 years of experience in the offshore industry. SSI has worked on more than 200 projects for 47 com- panies. SSI's primary focus is to pro- vide the offshore market with expert- ly engineered, cost effective solutions.

SSI is currently executing a variety of field development projects for sev- eral offshore operators, as well as sponsoring the Deepwater RUPE consortium.

Tritech International Limited

Peregrine Road, Westhill Business Park, Westhill

Aberdeen, AB32 6JL UK

Tel:++ 44 (0)1224 744111

Email:[email protected] • www.tritech.co.uk

The company started trading in 1990 with the aim of producing a range of sub-sea products available.

Beginning life as a two-man opera- tion working from a converted house,

Tritech now produces sensors and tools for ROV (Remotely Operated

Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous

Underwater Vehicles) markets. As the name implies, Tritech embraces three different technologies; sub-sea imag- ing and measuring systems with both acoustic and video sensors, and many state of the art mechanical and elec- trical products. Tritech specializes in the production and provision of high performance acoustic sensors, video cameras and mechanical tooling equipment for professional, underwa- ter markets. Tritech Provides full acoustic survey packages including

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