Monday 11 February 2002 Oil Industry Commits £8 Million To New North Sea Technology A total of £8 million was committed by oil and gas companies in 2001 towards the development of new technologies that will be vital to the future of the North Sea, it was …
July 12, 2010 Artist rendering of new Sanctuary Exploration Center at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The project is scheduled for completion in Winter 2011. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Officials from NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine …
Tuesday 5 February 2002 Training Scheme Takes Earth-y Approach to Teaching Skills Secondary school teachers across England and Wales looking for inspiration on how to explain erupting volcanoes, moving continents and the clues hidden in rocks can brush up …
Monday 21 January 2002 UKOOA Response: 20th Licensing Round Announcement James May, director general of UKOOA, the representative body for the UK's offshore oil and gas exploration and production companies, welcomed the Energy Minister's …
July 12, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service today said it would not initiate a status review of the porbeagle shark in response to two petitions to list the species as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. The finding published …
Thursday 15 November 2001 Aberdeen Foyer Gains Winnings from Environmental Award An Aberdeen charity that supports homeless young people in the North East of Scotland is to receive the £5,000 prize money originally earmarked for one of the categories in …
July 12, 2010 Scientists have discovered that the water chemistry in the Hood Canal and the Puget Sound main basin is becoming more “acidified,” or corrosive, as the ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These changes could have …
Monday 17 December 2001 UKOOA Announces Executive Officers for 2002 UKOOA has announced the names of the twelve senior industry managers who will form its Executive Committee for 2002. Michel Contie, managing director of TotalFinaElf Exploration UK, …
July 9, 2010 R/V Seward Johnson. High resolution (Credit: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute) A science team on the research vessel Seward Johnson departed Fort Pierce, Fla. Friday for the eastern Gulf of Mexico to gather baseline data against which to …
Monday 3 December 2001 Conference Reveals Marine Life Secrets of Scotland’s Atlantic Margin A conference in Edinburgh tomorrow (4 December) will hear that studies of the marine environment in the "Atlantic Margin" to the north and west of …
July 16, 2010 NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center released its seasonal drought outlook today for the period from August through October. The outlook indicates already dry conditions across parts of Arizona and New Mexico are likely …
Wednesday 5 March 2003 UKOOA Announces Restructuring to Create New Shape for the Future The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) has announced the outcome of its change management project aimed at creating an organisation fit to serve the Offshore Oil …
August 3, 2010 Drying Codfish, Provincetown, Mass. 1907 ; inset: fishing fleet at T-Wharf, Boston. High resolution (Credit: University of New Hampshire Gulf of Maine Project) The numbers of top-level predators in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, …
August 3, 2010 National Marine Sanctuaries have helped facilitate ecosystem-based management practices in U.S. waters by developing tools that balance marine conservation goals while minimizing conflicts between diverse marine interests, according to a new …
Wednesday 5 March 2003 UKOOA Director General, James May, Announces Intention to Step Down James May, Director General of the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), has announced his intention to leave the organisation, once the current re-structuring …
August 4, 2010 NOTE: THIS REPORT WAS UPDATED IN NOVEMBER 2010 The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed much of which is in the process of being degraded. A …
Monday 24 February 2003 Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Response to Energy White Paper The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative organisation for oil and gas exploration and production companies operating on the UKs continental shelf, …
August 3, 2010 NOAA’s National Enforcement Summit will bring together tomorrow more than 60 stakeholders from the commercial and recreational fishing industries, non-governmental organizations, and state and federal enforcement officials to focus on how …
Wednesday 12 February 2003 UKOOA President champions change to allow North Sea Independents to flourish The UK oil and gas sector needs to change significantly if the new breed of independent operator now moving in to take advantage of Britains offshore …
July 30, 2010 Southern Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast are not likely to experience any effects from the remaining oil on the surface of the Gulf as the oil continues to degrade and is hundreds of miles away from the loop current, according to …
