10th Annual Lightning Safety Awareness Week Runs June 20-26 June 18, 2010 Lightning strikes more than 400 people in the United States each year, causing devastating and permanent disabilities for those who survive. As NOAA’s National Weather Service hosts …
Monday 17 April 2000 Gas and Energy Sectors Welcome Lifting of Restrictions on Gas Power Developments Issued on behalf of the Pan Industry Group against the Stricter Consents Policy by the UK Offshore Operators Association The pan-industry group …
Tuesday 11 April 2000 Acclaim for Industry Backed Fishing Safety Device A UKOOA-backed safety device for fishermen, developed jointly by the fishing and offshore oil and gas industries, has created quite a stir since its launch at Fishing 2000 in Glasgow …
June 28, 2010 Fishery Closure Boundary as of June 28, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA has expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include portions of the oil slick moving beyond …
Wednesday 29 March 2000 UKOOA Statement: Offshore Activities in the Atlantic Margin As fields in the North Sea decline, the development of the Atlantic Margin will be crucial to the long-term future of the oil and gas Industry in the UK, preserving jobs, …
Provides snapshot of where oil is subsea in vicinity of the wellhead June 23, 2010 R/V Brooks McCall sampling stations, May 8 - 25, 2010. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental …
June 17, 2010 A humpback whale breaches in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (Credit: SBNMS. Photo taken under NOAA Fisheries Permit #605-1904) NOAA today released the final management plan for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, which will …
Tuesday 28 March 2000 Appetite for UKOOA Breakfast Feeds Plans for Brunch Interest in UKOOAs Energy Breakfast next week (Thursday, 6 April 2000) has been so great that the organisers are considering repeating the sell-out presentation at a brunch event to …
Whale Not Found in Oiled Water, but Cause of Death Unknown June 17, 2010 On Tuesday, June 15, the NOAA Ship Pisces reported a dead sperm whale floating 77 miles due south of the Deepwater Horizon spill site. NOAA is currently in the process of conducting …
Friday 17 March 2000 Energy Sector Calls for Review of Stricter Consents Policy A cross industry forum has been set up to review the impact of the Governments policy on stricter consents for gas-fired power generation amid growing concern about the …
June 14, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are taking additional steps to enhance inspection measures designed to ensure that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico reaching America’s tables …
Tuesday 14 March 2000 QRA Uncertainty Addressed by New UKOOA Guidelines The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) has published a set of guidelines giving advice on how to deal with the impact of uncertainty on Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA). …
Research part of larger effort to study spill impacts sub surface June 8, 2010 NOAA’s independent analysis of water samples provided from the May 22-28 research mission of the University of South Florida’s R/V Weatherbird II confirmed the presence of very …
Thursday 9 March 2000 Marathon Chief Takes Over UKOOA Helm From April Dave Smith, President of Marathon Oil U.K., Ltd, takes over the helm at the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) as its President from 1 April 2000. He replaces Francis Gugen who …
Friday 11 February 2000 Report Predicts Long Term Future for North Sea UK offshore oil and gas production will continue well into the 21st Century, despite the increasing maturity of North Sea fields and international competition for investment, says a …
Mission Tested Innovative Method of Using Sound and Light Waves to Track Oil Below the Surface June 21, 2010 NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson returned to Galveston, Texas, on June 11 from an eight-day research mission to investigate the presence and distribution …
Wednesday 2 February 2000 UKOOA Statement - Drill Cuttings Stakeholder Dialogue, 2 February 2000 Todays meeting of stakeholders to discuss the issues surrounding possible solutions for dealing with accumulations of drill cuttings beneath North Sea offshore …
June 13, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is playing a vital role in the oil spill response, using all the scientific methods at its disposal, including satellites in space, planes in the air, boats on the water, gliders under the …
Tuesday 1 February 2000 UKOOA Publishes Medical Guidelines for Working Offshore Revised guidelines setting out the health and fitness requirements for working offshore in the oil and gas industry have been published by the UK Offshore Operators Association …
Thursday 8 March 2001 UK Offshore Operators Respond to Budget Statement Following the Chancellors Budget statement this afternoon, the UK Offshore Operators Association, which represents 32 oil and gas exploration and production companies operating on the …
