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April 2006 contents Marine Technology Reporter • Volume 49 Number 3 Cable Laying 20 Tyco Telecommunications Gear Up With more than 350,000 km of installed and maintained fiber optic cable under its belt, Tyco Telecommunications turns an eye toward providing wide-bandwidth fiber optic communication pipelines for the burgeoning offshore oil and gas market. — by Greg Trauthwein Offshore Report 26 A NEW GENERATION OF FLOATERS The need for floating production systems has grown 203% in the last decade, and as exploration goes into deeper waters, demand will increase. — by James R. McCaul Offshore Recovery 30 ROVs Aid Recovery in the GOM ROVs are proving pivotal in the recovery of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in underwa- ter Oil & Gas operations around the world. — by Maggie L. Merrill Offshore Communications 34 Offshore Connected with SatCom Communication technology for the maritime industry has grown exponentially in recent years, as long gone are the days when crew has to wait to talk to shoreside facilities. — by David Myers Scientific Drilling Vessel 38 Chikyu Aims for Earth’s Mantle in ‘07 Chikyu is a $500 million, state-of-the-art scientific drilling vessel that is designed to drill to 7,000 m below the seabed at approximatedly 2,500 m water depth. When it begins service as scheduled in 2007, it could be the first vessel to drill to the earth's mantle. Undersea Education 42 2006 MATE Student ROV Competion Student teams vie for top honors at the NASA Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Lab. In the Background: The Polar Submersibles ROV team gets wet during a practice session in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Endres). See story on page 42. 2 MTR April 2006 MTR#3 (1-16).qxd 4/7/2006 11:08 AM Page 4
