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away from coal and nuclear energy is driving increasing offshore gas exploration. The emergence of vast offshore conventional gas resources will offer a more predictable long-term supply source. The challenge of how to access the substantial volumes of conventional offshore natural gas reserves is bringing new technology to the fore. For instance, FLNG is the favored option for export from Israel's Tamar project and follows commitments by Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, Netherlands) and Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) to proceed with construction of FLNG vessels. Shell has begun construction of its frst FLNG unit. cal shortage of trained, skilled workers in the resources sector to meet this demand. The government has forecast that around 70,000 skilled jobs need to be created in Western Australia alone, where the center is located, to meet the demands of that sector. GE is committed to training more than 300 people a year at the center, which will also provide oil and gas sector training. The center is the result of collaboration among industry associations, government and leading businesses. C&C; Technologies Opens New Brazil Offce for C-Nav DGNSS C & C Technologies, Inc. (Lafayette, Louisiana) opened an offce for its CNav division in October in Macaé, Brazil. The offce will handle sales and support for C-Nav, a differential global navigation satellite system (DGNSS) with precise point positioning that offers globally corrected DGNSS and real-time integrity monitoring. The Macaé offce expands C&C;'s business in South America, based primarily in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. n Cameron and Schlumberger Form Subsea Joint Venture Cameron (Houston, Texas) and Schlumberger Ltd. (Houston) announced in November the creation of OneSubsea, a joint venture to manufacture and develop products, systems and services for the subsea oil and gas market. OneSubsea will focus on research and engineering investment, including complementary projects with the parent companies, towards the integration of the complete subsea production system from pore space to the export point in order to unlock reservoir potential. Cameron and Schlumberger have 60-40 ownership of the joint venture, respectively, and the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Cameron will manage the new company. Cameron will contribute its existing subsea division and receive $600 million from Schlumberger. Schlumberger will contribute its Framo, Surveillance, Flow Assurance and Power and Controls businesses. GE Opens Australia Training Center for LNG Sector GE (Fairfeld, Connecticut) opened in November its skills development center in Jandakot, Australia, which is part of GE's technology and learning facility, to support the growth of the country's resources industry, including the LNG production sector. Australia is expected to be one of the largest LNG exporters in the world by 2020, but the country faces a critiwww.sea-technology.com DECEMBER 2012 / st 73