The Fugro Synergy drills riserless using pumped recovery technology. This technology has the added advantage of extending casing shoe depths for eliminating strings of casing. The combination of the Synergy and the pumped recovery system provides a most cost efficient method of drilling.

Nautronix have been certified with the international software standard TickIT in a move to highlight high standards within the organisation. The company who specialise in acoustic signalling technology solutions for communication and positioning in the subsea environment were audited against the TickIT standard which puts best practices into software development, implementation and control processes within an organisation.

Polarcus Nadia is one of the safest and most environmentally sound seismic vessels in the market with diesel-electric propulsion, high specification catalytic convertors, DP2 dynamic positioning, and advanced bilge water cleaning, enabling the vessel to conform to existing and envisaged IMO and Class rules and to comply with the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) stringent CLEAN-DESIGN and COMF-V(3) class notations.

On 1 January 2010, new Rules for Hull Structures of Offshore Service Vessels will come into force. These rules apply to ships intended for offshore support and supply, offshore towing, well stimulation, and other specialised offshore services.

Statoil is the first operator in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to adopt the Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR) system that reduces discharges to sea. This environmentally sensitive drilling solution has been used on the Discoverer Americas drill ship on the Statoil-operated Krakatoa prospect.