Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by Noble Energy EG Ltd. for the development of the Aseng field, located in Block "I" offshore Equatorial Guinea, at a water depth of approximately 1,000 meters.

ECA Group announced today that on December 10, 2009 it completed the acquisition of Triton Imaging, Santa Barbara, California a global leader in high-performance software for underwater search and survey.

SMD is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business and assets of Hallin Robotics Ltd (HRL), from Hallin Marine Subsea International PLC. The transaction was completed for an undisclosed sum and the business will become known as SMD Robotics Ltd.

Evologics S2C acoustic modems are successfully applied by the underwater communication project of the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) in Singapore to build an Underwater Acoustic Sensor Network (UASN).

Subsea 7 Inc, one of the world's leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today the successful completion of the Girassol Pipeline Repair Project for Total E&P Angola.

Sperre AS wins the contract for delivery of a offshore ROV system to GDF Norway AS.

ODIM Brooke Ocean has received an order for an ODIM MVP200 from the Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy Science.

Hydroid, Inc. a Kongsberg Company announced today that they have recently received the Certificate of Registration of Quality Management System to I.S. EN ISO 9001:2008. The company has been assessed and deemed to comply with the provisions of the above standard in respect of scope of operations for the design, manufacture, sales and service of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).

UTEC Survey Construction Services Ltd., UTEC Survey's Aberdeen facility, has been awarded a major contract by Technip to provide survey and positioning services for the Jubilee Field Development, offshore Ghana.

Bowtech Products Limited, a leading provider of subsea cameras and lighting solutions, announced today that Seatronics has signed an agreement to distribute and support Bowtech's full range of subsea camera, lighting, control and strobe products.

Ezra Holdings Limited, a leading integrated support and marine services provider in the offshore oil & gas (O&G) sector, clinched its first IMR long term time charter contract, locking in its reputation as a global integrated subsea offshore support services provider.

Modular Underwater Systems Ltd (Modus) is pleased to announce the acquisition of two newbuild state of the art construction support ROVs to expand its CSROV range and further support the provision of specialist subsea and seabed intervention services.

ROVworld Lda is pleased to announce that it has recently delivered a StarFish (Advanced Pack) sidescan sonar seabed profiling system to Nerus II Ambiente e Lazer Lda of the Azores.

StarFish, manufactured by Tritech International Ltd, is the revolutionary side scan sonar system that can produce spectacular images of the seabed. Built to a unique, innovative design, the StarFish 450F is currently the smallest 'towfish' side scan sonar on the market measuring less than 15 inches (381mm) long!

Utilising advanced technology developed from the professional underwater survey industry, StarFish makes high-tech seabed imaging accessible to anyone.

More information on the StarFish side scan sonar can be found: Here

Featured below are select previews of companies planning to exhibit new technologies, systems or services at the Oceanology International exhibition, scheduled for London ExCeL, March 9-11, 2010.

Oceanology International '10 (ExCel, London, UK, 9 - 11 March 2010) will see the release of the latest version of SeaZone GeoTemporal Editor, an innovative software solution to improve and simplify the management, analysis and presentation of geographic and environmental data where time is an important component.