Kira Coley graduated with a BSc (Hons) Marine Biology degree from University of Portsmouth and has extensive experience as a Field Scientist in various locations, p. 30
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MTR
Interview
46 Michael Flynn
Cathx Ocean aims to clear the view subsea.
By GregTrauthwein
March 2016
Contents
Volume S9 • Number 2
On the Cover
5 6 Digging Deep
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has delivered three Seafloor Production Tools to Nautilus Minerals, Inc. The story, and some amazing photos, reside on page 56.
28 Seafloor Mapping
The evolution of ocean exploration continues with seafloor mapping with Geodesy.
By Kira Coley
38 Robots & Marine
Conservation
Underwater robotics grow increasingly important In marine conservation.
By Kira Coley
42 $ 7 B & Counting
NCAA released its report which aims to give shape and size to the U.S. Ocean Enterprise, a collective entity estimated to be in excess of $7 billion annually
By GregTrauthwein
52 S u b s e a
Engineering
4D seismic technology is being used for Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM), which is showing results offshore Brazil.
By Claudio Paschoa
April 2016
Contents
Volume 59 • Number 3MARINE
TECHNOIOGY
Offshore
22 Win & Wisdom
The Marine WITT (Whatever Input to Torsion Transfer) is a unique technology with the power to harness energy from motion.
By Kira Coley
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26 Floating
Production
The six things you need to know now to capitalize on the offshore floating production market when it rebounds.
By Jim McCaul
30 Decommissioning
What goes up, must come down. The business of
decommissioning offshore rigs is projected to boom through 2040. By Ben Wilby
On the Cover
36 The $2IVI C h a s e
Nine teams vie for the $2 million purse in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wave Energy Prize. MTR spoke with Alison taBonte, Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Program Manager in the DOE Wind and Water Power Technologies, for her take on the technological developments.
By GregTrauthwein
May 2016
Contents
Volume 59 • Number 4Voyager .
Defense
22 Echo Voyager
Inside Boeing's Pliantom Works emerges one ofthe biggest, most capable UUV ever.
By Kira Coley
16 Is Bigger Better?
Undersea superiority will rely on targe Underwater Vehicles, but in this regard, how big is too big?
By Edward Lundquist
Technology
28 Into the Valley
MTR ventures into the Norwegian 'Subsea Valley' for insights on new and emerging subsea technologies.
By William Stoichevski
01 '16 Wrap-Up
38 Showtime
01 in tondon again proved itself the biggest and best display of subsea technology in the wodd.
By Eric Haun