ADCI Underwater Today

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA
February 22 - 24, 2011

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ORF2011 will focus on the scientific approach and latest information on wound care, diving and hyperbaric medicine. All presentations will be "on label" FDA approved practices.

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Tom Angel – significant contributions to the commercial diving industry, specifically as one of the founding members of the Association of Diving Contractors and being instrumental in the introduction of saturation diving to the Gulf of Mexico. Participation in "Project 600" demonstrated the practicality of saturation diving as it applies to the oil field, as well as setting a world record for open sea diving at the time.

Joe Sanford – acknowledging the groundbreaking formation of the first Gulf Coast Diving Contractor that carried insurance, Sanford Brothers Diving, as well as the formation of Morgan City Rentals.

 

Kaitlyn Martin – Baytown, TX

Member Sponsor:  Neptune Underwater Services (USA), LLC

Trevor Monroe – Lakeland, FL

Member Sponsor:  Commercial Diving Academy

 

Interested in contributing to UnderWater magazine?

UnderWater magazine is seeking feature stories and photography covering subjects of broad significance to the commercial diving industry. Possible article topics include, but are not limited to: safety, new techniques, new equipment, equipment reviews, recent projects, etc. Special attention will be given to articles highlighting safety; however, all topics of general interest to diving contractors will be considered. Photography accompanying your story is welcome and encouraged.

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The U.S. government took a bold step toward perhaps finally getting some offshore wind energy development going with $50 million in investment money and promise of renewed effort to develop the energy source.
Network World

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The long saga of a mysterious and often frustrating search for the Griffon, built three centuries ago on the Niagara River in the LaSalle section of the city, may be in its final year. Progress depends on the cold weather and ice in Lake Michigan.
Niagara Falls Reporter

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The UK Ministry of Defence announced yesterday that the Royal Navy officially introduced into service its newest submersible asset to improve its mine countermeasure (MCM) capabilities: the "Recce" unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The UUV, manufactured by US-based Hydroid, Inc and based upon the REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), successfully completed trials at the end of last year and has now been handed over to the Royal Navy's Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Unit.
Defence Professionals

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It now looks increasingly likely that drones—specifically unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs)—will play a growing role in minehunting within a few years. A range of scenarios can be envisaged. The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has asked DCNS and co-contractors, Thales Underwater Systems and ECA, to help it determine which scenarios are the most promising.
Defence Professionals

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Police and navy divers are returning to search Rotorua, New Zealand's Lake Okareka—and hope to identify items of interest they found using underwater sonar equipment.
The Rotorua Daily Post

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Tolga Duman, a professor in the School of Electrical, Computing, and Energy Engineering, has been selected for contributions to coding and modulation for wireless communications, recording and underwater acoustic channels.
ASU News [Science & Tech]

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Approximately 100,000 volumes from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, the world's largest oceanography library, have been digitized and are being made publically accessible as part of a partnership between Google, the University of California and the UC San Diego Libraries. In 2008, UC San Diego became the first Southern California university to partner with Google in its efforts to digitize the holdings of the world's most prominent libraries. Since then, approximately 300,000 volumes and other materials have been digitized from UCSD's International Relations & Pacific Studies Library, the East Asian Language Collection and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library.
Scientific Computing

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FALL RIVER, MA—When Peter Souviney learned he would be making an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in his marine science class, his eyes lit up.

"I like robotic stuff," said Souviney, an eighth-grader at Henry Lord Middle School. "I’m a fan of ROVs."
The Herald News

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Subsea Services has purchased geosciences consultancy Caledonian Geotech, as it moves to secure its future growth. The investment is in line with the firm's strategic growth and investment plans. Subsea Services provides ROV and survey services to the international energy industry.
InvestinUK.net

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Dorchester-based Tritex NDT have appointed Jack Vilas & Associates Inc. as a new distributor in the United States to help promote and support the sale of their range of Multigauge ultrasonic thickness gauges.
Maritime Market

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Acting as Business Development Manager for the offshore oil and gas industry, Lisa's primary function will be to expand OceanWorks' penetration of the offshore oil and gas market by raising awareness of the company's proven custom engineering, standard products, and service capabilities.
The Maritime Executive

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Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, recaps 2010 highlights and accomplishments. The year began with Hallin's acquisition by Superior Energy Services, an acquisition completed on January 26.
OilVoice

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KBR has been selected by Chevron USA Inc. to execute the detailed design for the Chevron Big Foot Topsides project. The Big Foot field is located in the Walker Ridge Block 29 of the Gulf of Mexico and is owned by Chevron USA Inc. (operator) and other working interest owners.
cDiver.net

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AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by BG Group to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and project management for all of the BG Group facilities in the central North Sea, including Armada, North Everest and Lomond platforms.
cDiver.net

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Subsea 7 S.A. (NASDAQ-GS: SUBC; Oslo Børs: SUBC) announced today the award of two new contracts from Petrobras for activities offshore of Brazil.
cDiver.net

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Work is nearing completion on a six-figure pioneering underwater tool that is to be exhibited at next month's Subsea 2011 event in Aberdeen.
cDiver.net

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Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) announced today that Washington State-based Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has awarded a five-year contract to InfraSource LLC, a subsidiary of Quanta Services, to provide construction and maintenance services across the utility's six-county natural gas service area. The contract is expected to produce approximately $400 million in revenues for Quanta during its five-year term.
cDiver.net

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Fairstar Heavy Transport NV (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Grinaker–LTA Construction Nigeria Ltd., Nigeria, a member of the Worley Parsons Group. The Fairstar semi-submersible vessel, FJORD, departed from its home port in Rotterdam on January 21 and is now sailing to a rendezvous point in the vicinity of the Chevron EGTL facility in Escravos, Nigeria.
cDiver.net

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An inshore cable survey system that cleverly senses the presence of cables, and uses a smaller ROV than usual, is set to significantly cut the cost of survey work in the burgeoning marine energy industry.
cDiver.net

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So far, defense companies have done a credible job fielding Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), or other water-borne robots to address critical capability requirements such as Inspection, Search and Reconnaissance (ISR) and underwater terrain mapping. There is an ongoing and continuous stream of small, incremental improvements to these technologies, but there remains a large gap between what is needed and what is available.
Defense Tech Briefs

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Things get very bad, very quickly for people in cold water. Just minutes after total submersion, heart and brain activity stop. But the cold also protects. If rescuers can reach a drowning victim in less than 90 minutes, it's possible to resuscitate them, often with no long-term ill effects.
Popular Science

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The Aqua Lung Zuma is that little Seaquest 3D, resurrected, rethought and adapted to include some modern innovations. Without a hard backpack, you can actually roll it up.
DiverNet

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Wouldn't you feel better if you carried your valuables in the same waterproof storage bags that Navy divers use instead of plastic bags engineered to transport a soft sandwich? aLOKSAK, may look like a Ziploc bag, but these heavy-duty, puncture-resistant containers have a heat tolerance of 170 degrees and are certified dry at 60 meters, even after two weeks underwater. Plus, it'll keep sand and saltwater out of your cellphone or Kindle while you use them.
Travel+Leisure

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The system was installed on the vessel "DHI Explorer" in a bow mount configuration, along with the Seapath 300 and positioning system. Clients were taken on daily boat demonstrations to witness the EM 2040 performance. During the trial period in Singapore, the system successfully proved that it can provide increasingly higher resolution surveys, cleaner data sets and an extended range compared to other shallow water systems.
Kongsberg Maritime

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Hemisphere GPS announced the release of two very compact GPS compass products; the V102™ all-in-one and the H102™ OEM module. These products are ideal where heading and positioning are needed for marine and land-based applications such as yacht navigation, auto-pilot and machine guidance for earthmoving machinery.
The American Surveyor

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