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a range of harsh environment alti- components that are situated across the tude measuring applications such as BOP stack.

assisting the safe navigation of subsea www.spexservices.com vehicles, deployment of structures to the seabed and the monitoring and measurement of sediment and ice.

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Harsh environment lifejacket

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment intro- duced a new dual-approved thermal lifejacket with broad appeal for the offshore and commercial shipping industries operating in harsh, cold environments. The PV9720 has been tested and approved according to

Turbine fow meter new stringent lifejacket performance AW-Lake Company launched its standards as well as existing ther- SABRE Turbine fowmeter for the mal requirements. The lifejacket is subsea market. To keep the electron- designed to protect against loss of body ics dry and in a pressure-regulated temperature with a built-in neoprene environment, the meter was designed torso covering the core body, head and with integral, sealed electronics, allow- crotch area. ing more valuable real estate in the www.viking-life.com subsea electronics module canister. This fowmeter is suitable for operat- ing pressures up to 20,000 psi. Access

Swellable packers to the electronics is through a special introduced

TAM International Inc. established a 6-pin connector made specifcally for new line of TAM FastSwell™ elas- subsea use and has either an amplifed tomers, adding to their extensive pulse or 4-20mA output. ®

FREECAP swellable packer product www.aw-lake.com offering. TAM FastSwell™ provides a fast, controlled swell time at lower temperatures and high salinities.

The product line was developed for challenging water-swell conditions in the US Permian Basin and Russia frac markets, but both water-swell and oil-swell elastomers are now available worldwide. The elastomers perform well for frac applications between 80°F and 120°F (32°C to 49°C).

Marine vehicle design wins www.tamintl.com award Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) won the second phase of the recent

Emergency severance tool

SBRI competition to develop a long honored

SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-based pro- endurance marine unmanned surface vider of technology solutions and ser- vehicle (LEMUSV). ASV will under- vices to the oil and gas industry, won take the detailed production design, an excellence award for its success in build, commissioning and sea trials of the Technology Innovation category a fully operational, open ocean going and was jointly named rising star at the C-Enduro 4 vessel. The vehicle design

Scottish regional judging of the PwC / will utilize technologies from the con-

HSBC Private Business Awards 2013. sortium and be designed specifcally

The Technology Innovation award to be capable of being deployed at sea recognized SPEX’s development of the for up to three months in all weather

Emergency Severance Tool (EST), capa- conditions and sea states.

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