I had never heard of this company until an acquaintance wrote to me about it. He is an employee for Oceaneering International. He is also the proud owner of two Andrea Doria lifeboats; he plans to exhibit them in a museum that he is establishing for this purpose. Mark, a deep-sea diver, is fascinated by the Andrea Doria story.
I am fascinated by the fact that he and his company are were involved in capping the BP well in the Gulf. Here is a company profile from Wikipedia
It helped recover the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, which sank in 1864.[2][3]
Oceaneering’s services and products are marketed worldwide to oil and gas companies, government agencies, and firms in the telecommunications, aerospace, and marine engineering and construction industries. Its business offerings include remotely operated vehicles, mobile offshore production systems, built-to-order specialty hardware, engineering and project management, subsea intervention and installation services, non-destructive testing and inspections, manned diving, and space suits. Oceaneering won a $745 million United States government contract in 2008 for the design and manufacture of space suits for future American lunar exploration.[4]
The company’s stock is a component of the S&P 600 stock market index.