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52 MTR April 2009 ic needs and enhance the nation's ability to observe and understand US waters. The system was successfully deployed in Feb. from the R/V Savannah, operated by the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. It is cur- rently situated at the FRP2 site off the coast of Hilton Head Island, SC. The buoy is outfitted with Down East's Automated Buoy Weather Station, a turnkey atmospheric sensor package designed and built specifically for the harsh conditions associated with coastal and deep water buoy moor- ings. Atmospheric parameters meas- ured include air temperature, baro- metric pressure, relative humidity and wind speed and direction. An on- board GPS receiver tracks the buoy's watch circle and keeps its con- troller/data logger real time clock synced to UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). Additionally, a Sea-Bird Electronics (Bellevue, WA) SBE-37 Micro Cat is integrated into the system to provide sea surface tem- perature and salinity. All of the sen- sors are sampled once an hour and the data is telemetered to shore using the Iridium (Bethesda, MD) satellite communications network. Data received is posted to the Carolinas RCOOS website www.carolinasrcoos.org CTG Delivers SeaSoar Chelsea Technologies Group recent- ly sold a SeaSoar Towed Undulating System to the UTM CSIC in Spain. UTM required a towed vehicle with capability of undulating down to depths of 500m. The SeaSoar was fitted with a Seabird Electronics SBE 911 CTD, with dual C and T sensors fitted each side of the SeaSoar. Future planned expansion includes the inte- gration of a Brooke Ocean Technologies LOPC, together with Turbidity, Chlorophyll and PAR Sensors. Huawei Marine Wins Sub Cable Contract Huawei Marine Networks won a turnkey contract signed with Tunisian Telecom in Tunisia for the supply of a submarine cable system called HANNIBAL System project linking Tunisia and Italy. The HAN- NIBAL System will stretch about 170km and connect Kelibia, Tunisia and Mazara, Italy across the Mediterranean Sea, with a maximum capacity of 3.2 Tbps. Aker Solutions Wins Shtokman Contract Shtokman Development AG has awarded a consortium comprising Aker Solutions, Technip France and SBM Offshore a contract for the Concept Definition and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Floating Production Unit (FPU) for the Integrated Development of the Shtokman Gas & Condensate Field Phase I project. The contract value is Euro 25 million. The scope of work includes design, FPU concept defini- tion, FEED design for the hull, turret and mooring system and topsides. The work will be performed by an integrated team involving the three partners of the Consortium, with Aker Solutions as leader. FMC Wins $82m Order FMC Technologies received orders from BP for the manufacture and supply of additional subsea systems for their projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The awards, valued at approximately $82m in revenue, are call-offs from a frame agreement that was signed in November 2006. Under these call-offs, FMC's scope of supply will consist of nine subsea trees including controls, an installation and workover control system and other related equipment. All equip- ment will be designed and manufac- tured at FMC's Houston facility. Deliveries will commence in mid- 2009 and will continue through 2011. "We are pleased to be a part of BP's notable deepwater projects," said John Gremp, Executive Vice President of FMC Technologies. "Today's announcement comple- ments our recent awards from BP for the development of subsea systems for deepwater West Africa." IXSEA Training Courses in Aberdeen Throughout 2009, IXSEA Aberdeen is offering regular product training on the OCTANS gyrocom- pass, GAPS USBL system, and PHINS INS. Further training will be offered on the DELPH range of geo- physical software. Courses are held at the IXSEA offices in the Aberdeen Science and Technology Park. Courses are delivered by IXSEA's in- house engineering team. Training material is continuously updated to take account of the latest develop- ments. IXSEA also offers client spe- cific courses and training on IXSEA's geophysical products can be arranged. Email: ech@ixsea.com people & companies MTR#3 (50-64).qxd 3/27/2009 2:48 PM Page 52
