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www.seadiscovery.com NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 FLORIDA 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 PUBLISHER John C. O'Malley jomalley@marinelink.com Associate Publisher & Editor Gregory R. Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com Contributing Editors Capt. Edward Lundquist, USN (Ret.) • Steve Withrow Production Manager Irina Tabakina tabakina@marinelink.com Sales Administration Manager Tina Veselov veselov@marinelink.com Marketing Administration Kami Accursio accursio@marinelink.com Manager, Accounting Services Esther Rothenberger rothenberger@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink.com Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com CIRCULATION Kathleen Hickey mtrcirc@marinelink.com ADVERTISING Vice President, Sales and Marketing Rob Howard howard@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-4368 Fax: (561) 732-6984 Advertising Sales Manager Lucia M. Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com Tel: (212) 477-6700 Fax: (212) 254-6271 Scandinavia Roland Persson roland@orn.nu ÖRN MARKETING AB, Box 184, S-271 24 Ystad, Sweden Tel: +46 411-184 00 Fax: +46 411 105 31 Japan Katsuhiro Ishii amskatsu@dream.com Ace Media Service Inc., 12-6, 4-chome, Nishiike, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 121, Japan, Tel: +81 3 5691 3335 Fax: + 81 3 5691 3336 T he Third Annual MTR100, presented here in our Yearbook edition, has become a valuable exercise in assessing the overall direction and health of the subsea industry. The direction and health of this industry today can be summarized in a simple phrase: “Oil & Gas.” While academia and defense remain strong pillars, a near perfect storm has formed in regards to subsea tech- nology and the hunt for offshore O&G. Record demand and prices for oil and gas globally; a strong orderbook for technologically advanced ships and boats to drill for and service this expanding industry; political pressure and renewed supprt in the U.S. to expand offshore O&G zones for drilling; and ever- improving technology which makes the discovery and recovery of subsea assets more cost-efficient: All have conspired to induce the most balance-minded executives to put all of their proverbial eggs into the mushrooming oil and gas basket. The 2008 MTR100 is filled with a diversity of subsea market players, but this year the flavor is decidedly O&G, with insights from not only the devel- opers of subsea technology serving this market, but also some of the biggest names in the deployment of this technology to feed the world O&G need. Subscription: To subscribe please visit www.seadiscovery.com/subscribe All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. Marine Technology Reporter is published monthly except for February, August, and December by New Wave Media, 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010-2915. Periodicals Postage at New York, NY and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MARINE TECHNOLOGY REPORTER, 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010-2915. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Marine Technology Reporter, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. Publishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of editorial material. ©2008 New Wave Media. 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 Vol. 51 No. 6 ISSN 1559-7415 USPS# 023-276 www.seadiscovery.com Member Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. Gregory R. Trauthwein • trauthwein@marinelink.com tel: 212-477-6700 MTR#6 (1-16).qxd 7/18/2008 10:03 AM Page 6
