Flotation Technologies

OCEANS 2005, WASHINGTON DC — September 20th, 2005 — Flotation Technologies, Inc., a global leader in deepwater buoyancy systems, today announced a new ADCP deployment product. Specifically designed for high current applications, the Flotation Technologies StableMoor™ is designed to reduce drag and increase mooring stability in extreme flow regimes.

With a theoretical drag coefficient of 0.3, the StableMoor is the lowest drag ADCP deployment solution available today. The Flotation Technologies StableMoor is a solid syntactic foam, torpedo-shaped buoy featuring a new stainless steel mooring swivel to provide smooth transitions to changes in current direction. With a high strength fiberglass stabilizing tail, oscillation is reduced significantly. Integral ADCP well (or wells depending on design) are covered by UHMW acoustic windows further reducing drag without compromising ADCP performance.

"I'm working in the Hinchinbrook Entrance, very close to where the Entrance opens into the Gulf of Alaska, a very high current area. I needed an ADCP deployment product that offered extremely low drag. After reviewing everything available in the market I found the StableMoor was my best choice," stated Shelton Gay, Oceanographer and Marine Technician of Prince William Sound Science Center.

About Flotation Technologies
Flotation Technologies, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of deepwater buoyancy systems using high-strength Flotec™ syntactic foam and polyurethane elastomer products. Providing quick-turnaround custom engineering and fabrication to the Offshore Oil, Oceanographic, Seismic and Government markets, Flotation Technologies delivers consistently reliable buoyancy for a host of marine applications. Flotation Technologies manufactures such innovative products as flexible riser buoyancy, modular buoys of any size, ADCP buoys, ROV/AUV buoyancy modules, pipeline/sled buoyancy, QuickLoc™ cable floats, Hardball™ umbilical floats, FLOTECT™ cable and pipeline protection, and elastomeric bend stiffeners and restrictors. For more information on Flotation Technologies visit www.flotec.com.

Media Contact:
Fred Maguire, Sales & Marketing Manager
Flotation Technologies, Inc.
207.282.7749/fmaguire@flotec.com

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