Tuesday 14 August 2001 Offshore Oil and Gas Sector Appoints New Industry Leaders On the 7th August, 2001, Tom Botts, the new managing director at Shell UK Exploration and Production (Shell Expro), and Paul Blakeley, director and general manager at Talisman …
July 14, 2010 Fishery Closure Boundary as of July 13, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) On July 12, NOAA expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include portions of the oil slick moving …
Friday 18 May 2001 Offshore Industry Issues New Guidelines to Improve Cargo Handling Safety Increasing concern about the safe handling of goods and equipment destined for offshore oil and gas platforms in the North Sea has led to the publication of a new …
July 8, 2010 NOAA has received calls from concerned citizens to help coastal populations of bottlenose dolphins. NOAA is working closely with its state and local partners to assess and respond to distressed dolphins or dolphins found in areas affected by …
Tuesday 8 May 2001 19th Round Decision Opens Door for New Investment says UKOOA James May, director general of the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative body for oil and gas offshore exploration and production companies in the UK, …
July 20, 2010 The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of the Interior, has appointed 11 new members to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. The 30-member committee, which meets twice yearly, is made up of …
Thursday 23 May 2002 New Entrants will By-Pass North Sea as Impact of Tax Change Bites First-time investors considering investment opportunities in UK offshore oil and gas fields are likely to by-pass the North Sea as a result of the tax changes made by …
July 21, 2010 NOAA has selected seven graduate students as national recipients of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarships, representing graduate-level scholars in marine biology, coastal resource management, and maritime archeology. The scholarships were …
July 15, 2010 Last month’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made it the warmest June on record and the warmest on record averaged for any April-June and January-June periods, according to NOAA. Worldwide average land surface temperature …
Thursday 23 May 2002 Industry Budget Proposal Will Hit Oil and Gas Investments The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative body for 30 exploration and production companies in the UK, has raised concerns that investment in the UK …
New multi-year effort to update charts of priority Arctic regions July 20, 2010 Using state-of-the-art echo sounding technology, NOAA Ship Fairweather is detecting navigational dangers in critical Arctic waterways. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) As Arctic …
July 23, 2010 Subsurface Monitoring Stations within 20 km of the Wellhead. Joint Analysis Group (JAG) Review of Preliminary Data to Examine Subsurface Oil In the Vicinity of MC252#1 May 19 to June 19, 2010. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) The National …
Friday 12 April 2002 UK Oil and Gas Sector Sustains Recovery in 2001 The UK oil and gas sector continues to build on the recovery started in late 1999, with capital investment in 2001 up 25 percent on the previous year, production above 4 million barrels …
Tuesday 30 April 2002 UKOOA publishes FPSO Design Guidelines The UK Offshore Operators Association has published a set of guidelines for the design of floating production, storage and offloading installations (FPSOs) destined for service on the UK …
Wednesday 17 April 2002 UKOOA Response to the Budget Statement The UK offshore oil and gas industry is surprised and concerned at the decision to introduce a 10 percent supplementary charge on North Sea profits. The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA …
July 14, 2010 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced that he is raising fishing limits on several fish stocks based on new scientific analysis, delivering on a commitment he made to Northeast fishermen and members of Congress. “I directed Dr. …
July 16, 2010 NOAA has selected Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Fla., to develop the antenna system that will support NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series, GOES-R. This new series of spacecraft, set to begin launching in 2015, is expected …
Friday 15 February 2002 UKOOA Welcomes PIU Energy Review The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative body for UK oil and gas exploration and production companies, welcomes the publication today of the PIU Energy Review (14 February …
July 16, 2010 NOAA announced today its selection of the University of California, San Diego to lead a new federal/academic research partnership, forming the Cooperative Institute on Marine Ecosystems and Climate to study climate change and coastal …
Friday 1 March 2002 Oil and Gas Industry Concludes £6 Million Drill Cuttings Research Programme The conclusions of a £6 million research programme funded by the UK offshore oil and gas industry to find solutions for dealing with historic accumulations of …
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