MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY HOUSTON SECTION ISSUE:10/2014 marine technology SOCIETY Opportunity runs deep Executive Officers TM ··················· CHAIR -Brian Bearden Upsteam Marketing: 832.594-5390 VICE CHAIR - Terry Dahlke Geospace Offshore Cables: 713.986-4477 SECRETARY - Ivy Jody-Castillo Shea Writing and Training Solutions 713.723-9142 TREASURER - Aimee Coates Delta Subsea: 936.582-7237 PAST CHAIR - Aimee Coates Delta Subsea: 936.582-7237 National Representatives PRESIDENT - Drew Michel VP OF SECTION AFFAIRS - Lisa Medeiros ANNUAL BARBECUE OCTOBER 23, 2014 DATE: Thursday, October 23, 2014 3-4:00 pm - Exhibit Setup 5:00 pm- Registration 6:30 pm - Food Service begins 7:15 pm - Program 8:30 pm - Meeting Concludes LOCATION: (see map) Delta SubSea Tooling Facility 1616 Southcreek Lane Houston TX 77073 COST: Members/Non member: $35 paid in advance (by 5:00 pm Oct 21). Unpaid reservations & walk ins: $50 Full-time students: Free RESERVATIONS/CANCELLATIONS: On-line: www.mtshouston.org e.mail: [email protected] Online closes: October 21, 5:00 pm Cancellations by October 21. 5:00 ANNUAL BBQ SOCIAL - OCTOBER 23, 2014 EXHIBITS ● BARBECUE ● NETWORKING ● SILENT AUCTION On October 23, come and join the biggest party in town. The MTS Houston Section Annual Barbecue Social and fundraiser. Over the years, this event has grown from a few hundred participants to close to a thousand MTS members, guests, colleagues and spouses. This is a great opportunity to network, catch up with old friends and acquaintances, establish new contacts and enjoy a really fun evening out. Hosted by Delta SubSea (see map on page 2), the evening will include a full barbecue dinner prepared by Terry Dailey, Schlumberger, Chuck and Reed Richards and Rick Cisneros, C.A. Richards & Associates. Silent Auction Come prepared to bid on a great selection of items in the silent auction. Bring your check book! Auction donations are always welcome. Please contact Wendy Post, HPSG at 713/ 540-6913 or email [email protected]. Exhibits This year’s event will include 87 exhibit tables, where a wide variety of companies will be exhibiting their products and services, and will have representatives on hand to answer questions. (See page 2.) Location The Barbecue is being held at Delta SubSea’s Tooling Facility off the Hardy Tollway, just north of the International Airport (IHA). Sponsors Many thanks to our sponsors: Host Delta SubSea Diamond Level 3 Fugro Diamond Level 2 Oceaneering International UTEC Survey Diamond Level 1 BMT Scientific Marine Services CA Richards & Associates Deepwater Rental FMC Schilling Robotics Fragomen Worldwide Geospace Offshore InterMoor Royal Purple Trelleborg Offshore Gold ABCO Subsea Ashtead Technology SeaBotix Silver Bluefin Robotics Deepsea Technologies Delmar Systems Saipem America SBM Offshore Teledyne Marine Bronze AML Oceanographic EMAS AMC Hydra-Power Systems Kelly Engineering Resources MacArtney Northpoint Services Seacon SIDUS-Solutions Stress Engineering Services Subsea Technologies Watermark Graphics Whitefield Plastics Event is outside - dress for heat! About the host Delta SubSea (DSS) is a leading integrated independent provider of ROV Services and Solutions, Consulting & Engineering, and Tooling Solutions for the subsea oil and gas industry. Delta SubSea’s ROV fleet is focused on solutions for customers in the inspection, repair & maintenance, construction, drilling and decommissioning market segments. SPONSORS - CORPORATE KONGSBERG C.A. Richards & Assoc., Inc. Sonardyne ANNUAL BARBECUE EXHIBITORS ABCO Subsea Advanced Remote Marine Services AML Oceanographic Aqua-Tech Services Ashtead Technology ASV Bastion Technologies Bluefin Robotics BMT Scientific Marine Services C & C Technologies CA Richards & Associates Cardinal Cinco Ranch High School Robotics ClampOn Containerhouse International C-Ray Media Cruise Planners DCI Darley Consulting Deepsea Technologies DeepWater Rental DNV GL DXP EMAS AMC ETA International Faststream Recruitment Group FMC Schilling Robotics Forum Energy Technologies Fragomen Worldwide FTO Services Offshore GE Oil & Gas Harvey-Lynch HDI Offshore Group Hydra-Power Systems Hydro Leduc Imenco USA Integra Technologies InterMoor iXBlue Katch Kan USA Kymar Subsea London Offshore Consultants MacArtney Mackay Marine I-45 N Candle Ridge Park D E. Richey Road Inez Road HARDY TOLL N SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY MetOcean Data Systems MTS YPS Northwest Technical Solutions OceanWorks International OrionCase PEI-Genesis PennWell - Offshore magazine Prevco Subsea Housings Pulse Structural Monitoring Quest Offshore Ramboll Oil & Gas, U.S. Royal Purple Saab Seaeye SCORE Group SeaBotix Inc Seacon Shea Writing and Training Solutions SMD Sonardyne Southwest Electronic Energy Stress Engineering Services Subsea Technologies Superior Group Survey Equipment Services SWOS TALON Technical Sales Teledyne Marine Teledyne RD Instruments Texas A&M Corpus Christi Texas A&M Galveston THSOA-Houston Chapter Trelleborg Offshore T-REX Engineering + Construction TRI/Austin Tritech North America University of Houston Upstream Marketing Veripos Waltrip High School Robotics Watermark Graphics West Atlantic Cargo Whitefield Plastics Zupt Delta SubSea 1616 Southcreek Lane Houston 77073 i AIRPORT Not to scale l ANNOUNCEMENT SPONSORS l MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Brian Bearden When Eastman Kodak was at the height of its success, the company enjoyed a 90% share of the photographic film market, establishing the company as a technology leader and pioneer in its fields. But it underestimated the impact that the digital camera would have on its business, and was slow to make the transition, holding onto the belief that the demand for traditional cameras would eventually endure, reacting too late to the changing photographic arena. Nevertheless, the company is now successfully relaunching itself, not only in the high-end digital field, but also by using what it knows about image generation and lenses, coupled with its proprietary technology, to create the next generation of space cameras capable of photographing the outer limits of the universe some 13 billion light years away. A Kodak's problems may have arisen from the company's difficulty thinking “outside the box.” Instead of seeing itself as a technology company facing new opportunities, it continued to concentrate on its initial business - the conventional camera. Technology, by its very nature, is an evolving process, and in few places is this more apparent than in the oil and gas industry. New technology, and the adaptation of existing technology, is the driving force behind deepwater exploration. But some of this technology is also finding its way into other areas. At our September meeting, Jami Cheramie with C&C Technologies discussed exactly this topic when he described how AUV technology is being used beyond oil and gas. This is just one of many examples where technology, initially developed to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons, is and can be adapted to a myriad of different uses. In fact, many of our member companies of the Marine Technology Society, whose core business is offshore oil and gas, have also found a demand for their technology and technological knowhow outside the oil and gas industry. People marvel at how the International Space Station could ever have been assembled, but few realize that much of the methodology was “borrowed” from the techniques and technology developed for deepwater oil and gas exploration. Renewable and sustainable energy sources – currently a very small percentage of the energy market – may eventually become viable sources of energy, as technology makes quantum leaps in harvesting energy, not only from wind and the sun, but also from waves and currents. And in this latter area, who knows and understands more about the forces of the marine environment than the offshore oil and gas industry? While no one can foresee the future, one cannot help but speculate that ® MAGAZINE some time in the future the very companies who are today pioneering deepwater exploration may be using their technological expertise and understanding of the energy and the marine environment to become the forerunners in the development and delivery of new, as yet untapped, energy sources. You can check out some of this technology first hand by attending the Annual MTS Houston Barbecue on October 23, where over 85 companies will be exhibiting their products and services. This is always a great and well-attended event. I look forward to seeing you there. WOMEN WITH ENERGY SUMMIT Offshore Energy Center is holding an inaugural Women with Energy Summit on Wednesday November 12 at the Hilton Post Oak from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This dynamic event intends to connect and provide women within the offshore and energy industries with a unique professional development experience. Local executives will share their wisdom and expertise, provide coaching and engage in interactive networking activities during tracks entitled: Energy of Communication - Energy of Connection - Energy of Influence Energy of Education. G o t o w w w. o c e a n s t a r o e c . c o m / women_with_energy.htm for more information. NEXT LUNCHEON The Annual Barbecue takes the place of our regularly scheduled lunch in October. The November and December meetings are combined due to Thanksgiving. Our next lunch meeting will be held on DECEMBER 4, 2014. MTS FELLOWS Houston Section Benton Baugh John Bomba J.C. Calhoun Tom Coughlin Dietmar Deter Pete Fougere Ronald Geer Bruce Gilman Robert Haring Dean Hemphil Wayne Ingram CHECK YOUR MEMBERSHIP STATUS You can now check the status of your MTS membership through the MTS Houston website. 1. Go to www.mtshouston.org 2. Select MEMBERSHIP - Check Member Status 3. Enter your last name and your email. Note that the database checks against the email you have registered with MTS National. You may not show up in the member list if your email has recently changed and MTS National still has an old email address, or if MTS National does not have your email address in its database. You can also check your member status through the MTS National website at www.mtsociety.org. You will need to enter your last name and your MTS membership account number. Sandor Karpathy Sandeep Khurana Lisa Medeiros Drew Michel Suman Muddusetti Robert Randall Charlie Richards, Sr Chuck Richards, Jr. Charles Royce Howard Shatto Jerry Streeter Doug Stroud About This Announcement The MTS Houston Section Announcement is published monthly (11 issues a year) and distributed electronically and in hard copy format to industry professionals. Logo sponsorship ($150 a year) and advertising opportunities are available. Please send articles and news items about upcoming events to the editor. Deadline for submissions is the first Thursday of the month of issue. To include your logo, advertise or to receive this Announcement by mail, please send your name, company, address, phone; fax and e.mail address to Liz Stansfeld at [email protected]. marine technology SOCIETY Opportunity runs deep TM Houston Section MTS 777 N. Eldridge Suite 280 Houston, Texas 77079 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BBQ Chair: - Melissa Wood Fugro: 713.305-7361 Continuing Education: - John Bomba Technip: 281.249-3116 Golf Chair: - Terry Dahlke Geospace Offshore Cables: 713.986-4477 Golf Co-Chair: - Wendy Post Seatronics: 713.464-3311 Lunch Arrangements: - Marcy Whites Waskey: 713.248-1129 Lunch Registration Desk: - Debbie Jackson Integra Service Technologies: 713.920-2400 Member Scholarship: - Lisa Medeiros Geospace: 713.503-2714 Membership: - Lori Carruth ECL: 281.920-9559 OTC Volunteers: - Sandor Karpathy Stress Subsea, Inc.: 281.890-7386 Programs: - Sandor Karpathy Stress Subsea, Inc.: 281.890-7386 Science Fair: - John Whites Phoenix International: 713.248-3966. Sporting Clays Chair: - Jennifer Williams BOA Marine Services: 832.369-2606 Student Affairs: - Aimee Coates Delta Subsea 936.582-7237 Volunteers: - Michael Clark WJM Engineering: 281.497-8617 Writing Seminar/Outlook: - Evalyn Shea, Shea Writing & Training Solutions: 713.723-9142 Young Professionals: - Jida Nabulsi, Chair MODEC: 281 529-8316 Alok Shirolikar, Co-Chair Enbridge: 832.2149295 COMMITTEE CHAIRS (Houston) Deepwater Field Development Technology Benton Baugh: 713.937-4494 DP Committee Pete Fougere, DP Reliability: 603 427 8228 DP Conference Stephen Browne, Veripos 281.966-7652 Marine Archaeology Dan Warren: 832.461-4718 Offshore Structures Peter Marshall: 713.355-4535 OTC Board of Directors Chuck Richards: CA Richards & Associates 281.531-7417 OTC Technical Program Committee Lisa Medeiros Geospace: 713.503-2714 Remotely Operated Vehicles Chuck Richards: 281.531-7417 Ropes and Tension Chair Evan Zimmerman: TechnoNautic, LLC 713.766-6677