January 2012:

• New tool for rapid CPT measurements - Gravity CPT Stinger.

April 2011:

• ASCE best paper award goes to "CPT Stinger: An Innovative Method to Obtain CPT Data for Integrated Geoscience Studies" by  A.G. Young, Geoscience Earth & Marine Service; B.B. Bernard, TDI-Brooks International;  B.D. Remmes, GEMS; L.V. Badd, Detail Design and J.M. Brooks,TDI-Brooks International. 

January 2011:

• TDI-Brooks International, Inc.- B&B Laboratories is certified as holding a Quality Management System which complies with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 for the following scope: The Analysis of Geochemical, Geotechnical and Environmental Samples

November 2010:

• Oil spill cruise finds field of dead coral

October 2010:

• TDI-Brooks vessel RV GYRE is contributing to the intensive sampling effort underway as part of the federal Unified Command response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Some of the activities are described on the NOAA site Mission Log.

October 2009:

• TDI-Brooks International forms an alliance with EnviroGene, a molecular diagnostics company. (EnviroGene)

September 2009:

• TDI-Brooks begins construction of new corporate headquarters in College Station, Texas. Visit our new blog for construction updates and more news.

• TDI-Brooks Awarded National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program, Mussel Watch and Bioeffects Programs Analytical Chemistry

August 2009:

• TDI-Brooks develops a deepwater Drift Camera for Sea Bed Surveys/Bottom Photography
  
  
• TDI-Brooks installs the SAILOR 250 FleetBroadband system on all five of its vessels (flier)
  

July 2009:

• TDI-Brooks has developed a deepwater static cone penetrometer called a CPT Stinger

June 2009:

• TDI-Brooks’ R/V BROOKS McCALL Conducts AUV Operations in the Gulf of Mexico

• TDI-Brooks International and B&B Laboratories Receive Prestigious 2009 Newman 10 Award

May 2009:

• TDI-Brooks awarded project by the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• TDI-Brooks Nigeria Ltd. Moves to New Offices

March 2009 :

• TDI-Brooks Installs a Kongsberg EM-710 (1o x 1o) Multibeam System on the R/V GEOEXPLORER

February 2009 :

• TDI-Brooks Conducts Geotechnical Coring for Petrobras-America Inc. at their Cascade and Chinook Gulf of Mexico Developments (2007)

November 2008 :

• TDI-Brooks International Receives Aggie 100 Recognition for the Second Year
• TDI-Brooks International Featured in TAMU College of Geosciences Geoconnections

August 2008 :

• TDI-Brooks awarded $3.7M four-year project: "Deepwater Program: Exploration and Research of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Natural and Artificial Hard Bottom Habitats with Emphasis on Coral Communities: Reefs, Rigs and Wrecks" from the US Minerals Management Service (MMS). 

April 2008 :

• TDI-Brooks International awarded five-year U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) nationwide monitoring contract for trace organic analysis of soil, plant, animal, and water samples
  
• TDI-Brooks exhibit at AAPG Annual Convention (Booth# 3013) at Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

March 2008 :

• TDI-Brooks International is exhibitor (Stand #454) at Oceanology International 2008
  11-13 March 2008, ExCeL, London

January 2008 :

• TDI-Brooks Conducts Geotechnical Coring including Jumbo Piston Coring for Gulf of Mexico Developments

October 2007 :

• TDI-Brooks International receives Aggie 100 recognition

June 2007 :

• TDI-Brooks International receives prestigious Bryan Rotary Club/Newman 10 Award at special awards luncheon on June 13th

May 2007 :

• TDI-BI receives Department of Interior Cooperative Conservation Award with partners in Deep Gulf Habitats Project - Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico

April 2007 :

• TGS-NOPEC CONTRACTS TDI-BROOKS TO CONDUCT A 2007 INDONESIAN SURFACE GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION (SGE) CORING AND HEAT FLOW PROGRAM

• TDI-Brooks/CHEMOIII Team Publish in Deep-Sea Research - Cold seeps of the deep Gulf of Mexico: Community structure and biogeographic comparisons to Atlantic equatorial belt seep communities. Erik E. Cordes, Susan L. Carney, Stephane Hourdez, Robert S. Carney, James M. Brooks, Charles R. Fisher, Deep-Sea Research I 54 (2007) 637–653.

March 2007 :

• TDI-Brooks' Vessel Deployments and Ship Plans Through the 2nd Quarter of 2007

February 2007 :

• TDI-Brooks' Field Manager for the NOAA Mussel Watch Project, Dr. Roger Fay, was credited with several photographs in a recent NOAA article: NOAA ANALYSIS FOLLOWING WORLD TRADE CENTER COLLAPSE FINDS LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN COASTAL CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS

December 2006:

• TDI-Brooks' R/V POWELL Completes Pre-Drill Environmental Baseline Surveys in Nigeria
• TDI-Brooks’ Conducts Environmental Baseline Survey (EBS) and Geotechnical Coring for Woodside Energy Offshore Libya
  

November 2006:

• TDI-Brooks’ R/V GEOEXPLORER Completes Surface Geochemical Exploration (SGE) and Heat Flow Study for Reliance Industries Ltd. Offshore India
• TDI-Brooks now provides comprehensive marine survey acquisition services

July 2006:

• TDI-BROOKS' R/V GYRE BEGINS COASTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITRORING CONTRACT FOR PETROBRAS

June 2006:

• The Deep Chemosynthetic Community Characterization Cruise was completed on the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute research vessel R/V ATLANTIS and the ALVIN Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) from 7 May – 2 June 2006.

March 2006:

• Reconnaissance Cruise completed on the TDI-Brooks R/V GYRE in March 2006 for MMS “Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico ” (CHEMO-III)

October 2005:

• Natural Seepage Investigation in Green Canyon

September 2005:

• CHEMO III - Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico
• TDI-Brooks to Conduct Multi-beam Survey Work in West Africa
• Port Valdez Sediment Coring Program - 2004 Monitoring Report
  

May 2005:

• ChevronTexaco Tahiti Site Investigation
• TDI-Brooks' R/V GEOEXPLORER Completes Pre-Drill Environmental Baseline Surveys in Nigeria for ESSO and SHELL
  

April 2005:

• TDI-BROOKS’ NIGERIA LTD. ESTABLISHED
• TDI-Brooks' Conducts Great White Development Geotechnical and ROV Survey Reconnaissance for SHELL

News Archives from 2004:

• TDI-BROOKS’ R/V GEOEXPLORER CONDUCTS FISHERIES RESEARCH CRUISE FOR NIOMR IN NIGERIA
• TDI-Brooks once again awarded NOAA Mussel Watch Project (2005-2010)
  
• BP Black Sea Coring Program
• TDI-Brooks Earns New Jersey DEP Certification
• TDI-Brooks Awarded a Metocean, Environmental, Bathymetry/Hazard Survey and Geotechnical Coring Project by Nigerian LNG Ltd.
  
• TDI-Brooks conducts Neptune geotechnical core acquisition for BHP Billiton
  
  
• TDI-Brooks collects SRM for NIST
  
  
• Seeps to Be Tested for Hydrocarbon Content
  
  
• TDI-Brooks International awarded contract by the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the laboratory analysis of Marine Mammal Tissue Samples
  
  
• TDI-Brooks International awarded contract by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute for Sieving and Storage of Carpet Dust Samples
  

News Archives from 2003:

• RV JW Powell conducts R&D effort aimed at improving homeland security
• TDI-Brooks Conducts Gulf of Mexico Geotechnical Survey
• TDI-Brooks International awarded contract by the USEPA for chemical analysis of water column and sediment samples
• TDI-Brooks highlighted in NOAA NS&T documentary video

News Archives From 2002:

• TDI-Brooks International awarded contract by the USEPA to chemically analyze multi-media samples
• TDI-Brooks to acquire shares in GSI Brasil
• TDI-Brooks completes Mardi Gras Phase II geotechnical core acquisition
• TDI-Brooks announces the availability of the 2002 Newfoundland SGE Consortium program data
• 2002 East Java Sea Program, updated information
• TDI-Brooks offers Heat Flow Short course on Tuesday, February 26th

News Archives From 2001:

• Overview of proposed Indonesian study areas
• Proposed 2002 Arafura Sea Program
• Proposed 2002 East Java Sea Program
• Proposed 2002 Makassar Strait Program
• TDI-Brooks senior staff members co-author new article in World Oil Magazine.
• TDI-Brooks announces the availability of a new consortium program in offshore Guinea-Bissau.
• TDI-Brooks announces the availability of a new research vessel, the RV GeoExplorer.
• New Publication: Direct Hydrocarbon Migration Indicator, A Venting Feature in Equatorial Guinea
• TDI-Brooks/B&B Laboratories Win New 10 Business Performance Awards
• TDI-Brooks Joins Gas Hydrate Research Program at Texas A&M University
• TDI-Brooks Provides TAMU/GERG (Dr. Ian MacDonald) Self-Contained Thermistors for Yearlong Deployment at "Bush Hill" and Green Canyon-234
• TDI-Brooks Funds Heat Flow Research at Texas Tech University
• 2000 Central / Eastern Gulf SGE Program
• 2000 Central / Eastern Gulf Heat Flow Program

News Archives From 2000:

• 2000 Nile Delta SGE Program Data Available
• 2000 Nova Scotia SGE Program Data Available
• 2000 Eastern Canada SGE and Heat Flow Program Update
• Angola 2000 Consortium SGE and Heat Flow Data Now Available
• New publication: "Surface Geochemical Exploration continues to progress global
• Western Gulf Heat Flow Locations Available For Download
• Nigeria 2000 SGE Program Data Available
• Piston Coring Animation Demo
• R/V Powell Vessel Charter Available Soon

News Archives From 1999:

• TDI-Brooks International Awarded NOAA NS&T Mussel Watch Project Contract
• TDI-Brooks Announces New Vessel Charter Availability
• Upcoming Surface Geochemical Exploration Programs for 1999/2000
• 1999 Western Gulf of Mexico SGE Program Data Available for Purchase