AUV Market Reportvative when adopting new technologies, however, the above crease from approximately 600 in 2014.developments will act as enablers for commercialization, with An overview of the demand by region is as follows:2014 expected to be a pivotal year. Growing energy demand • Africa - Main activity will be site survey in the presalt globally, mainly driven by GDP growth in developing coun- area in Angola and Nigeria.tries, will be met by supply from increasingly deep waters, as • Asia - Military demand will come from China, research in ’easy-to-reach’ reserves mature. Japan and deepwater O&G in India, Indonesia and Malaysia. Mature offshore and