The winner of our 2010 OTC booth drawing was Mr. Pat Hudson, Sales Rep. for NCA Group, NCA Americas, Houston TX. He won the “Golf Buddy” a GPS golf range finder. Attendance at the Conference (OTC) reached 72,900, surpassing last year’s number of 67,700. The Conference continues to be a popular event for the development of offshore resources and is held annually at Reliant Park in Houston; the dates for 2011 are May 3-6th. For more information, visit www.otcnet.org

Recently CTI’s Jarrot Spurlock – Project Manager attended the IC3D training held at the Photon Factory Training center in Austin, Texas.

Firsthand training consisted of utilization of the IC3D software suite which combines measurement data from subsea sensors, proprietary 3D visualization technology, and video systems to capture the underwater environment specifics to aid advance collaboration, planning and operations control in underwater Smart Salvage, recovery and engineering operations.

Photon Factory Inc provides software solutions for subsea measurement and offshore engineering and salvage. Photon Factory's IC3D software is a unique suite of turnkey solutions from inspection to recovery. Safety and efficiency are focal points. IC3D is specifically designed for the offshore 3d mapping, salvage and deconstruction marketplace, offshore asset managers and owners, engineering companies, salvage operators, subsea project planning and management organization.

Cochrane Technologies, Inc. is an established leader of Offshore Navigation and Positioning services based in Lafayette, La. Established in 1980, Cochrane has maintained an outstanding reputation of providing professional services of the highest quality. Cochrane led the way to conducting cost effective surveying by becoming the first survey company in the Gulf of Mexico to use Differential Global Positioning Services (DGPS) as their primary source of navigation equipment, which has revolutionized the industry. Today Cochrane Technologies, Inc. continues the tradition of providing comprehensive cost effective navigation and positioning solutions to the Oil and Gas industry and is licensed to provide surveying services from Florida to Texas.
http://www.cochranetech.com

Telesis Geophysical Services, L.L.C. of Scott Louisiana have been performing high resolution geophysical surveys across the Gulf of Mexico since 1986. In April of 2008 Telesis Geophysical Service L.L.C (TGS) completed the acquisition of Gulf Ocean Services, Inc. Their survey vessels are equipped with qualified, experienced crews, and redundant survey gear. State of the art digitally integrated side scan sonars, marine magnetometers, multi-beam sonars, multi-channel seismic, fathometers and sub-bottom profilers are employed to ensure quality data acquisition. http://www.telesisgeo.com/ and http://www.gulfoceanservices.com.