August 19, 2010 NOAA Fisheries scientist Kenneth Sherman is one of two 2010 recipients of the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development, considered the environmental equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Sherman, recognized for his work on large marine …
August 27, 2010 Map of closed fishing area with reopening highlighted. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Today NOAA reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after …
Friday 12 September 2003 BRENT BRAVO – UKOOA SAYS LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED The UK Offshore Operators Association today expressed its deepest sympathy for the families, friends and colleagues of the two men who lost their lives yesterday on the Shell UK …
Wednesday 3 September 2003 UKOOA SEARCHES FOR A UKCS PEARL TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY The search is on to find the UK oil and gas industrys most promising young employee for a special award to be presented at the UK Offshore Operators Associations ( …
Report Finds Decreased, but Stabilized Levels of Dissolved Oxygen in Gulf Areas with Subsurface Oil September 7, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of Science and …
Tuesday 2 September 2003 Check Against Delivery: Opening address from Bruce Dingwall - Offshore Europe 2003 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Scotland, welcome to Aberdeen and welcome to Offshore Europe 2003. I know many of you have travelled a …
Finding has implications for climate change August 11, 2010 A new NOAA study has found that rain clouds form synchronous patterns in which individual clouds in a large cloud field respond to signals from other clouds, much like chirping crickets or …
Friday 29 August 2003 John Prescott Launches more Opportunities DEPUTY PRIME Minister, John Prescott, officially launched the second year of the oil and gas industrys Opportunities careers roadshow today at AMECs ship yard in Wallsend, as part of a skills …
Friday 1 August 2003 UKOOA Appoints New Economics and Commercial Director The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) is delighted to announce that it has appointed Mike Tholen, as Economics and Commercial Director. Mike will lead on economic and …
Friday 1 August 2003 UK’s Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Implements the Working Time Directive Today The UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry has confirmed that it complies with the Working Time Directive that comes in force offshore from today. The Working …
August 10, 2010 Scientists researching the causes and effects of hypoxia in Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan, Wisc., have been awarded $348,037 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1,367,300 project through NOAA’s Coastal Hypoxia Research …
Thursday 31 July 2003 UKOOA Statement on 21st Licensing Round Awards UKOOA has welcomed the awards made in the 21st licensing round today. Steve Harris, Acting Director General said, The licensing round has been one of the most successful of recent times. …
Massive fishing effort also involves chefs to introduce “delicious” fish to consumers August 6, 2010 A new study looking at how to curb the rapid growth of lionfish, an invasive species not native to the Atlantic Ocean, suggests that approximately 27 …
Thursday 24 July 2003 UKOOA Welcomes New Entrant Paladin Resources plc, one of the new wave of independent North Sea oil and gas operators, has joined the UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative body for exploration and production …
Friday 11 July 2003 UKOOA Appoints Operations Director The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) is delighted to announce that it has appointed Paul Dymond MBE, as Operations Director. Paul Dymond will lead on operational issues, including exploration, …
August 18, 2010 NOAA administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Adm. Thad Allen joined state, federal, and partner biologists today as they released 23 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were …
Friday 4 July 2003 UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Statement: Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2003 The UK offshore oil and gas industry issued the following statement in response to the amended Working Time Regulations which were tabled in Parliament …
August 13, 2010 The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was …
Thursday 26 June 2003 UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Statement: Working Time Directive The UK oil and gas industry will comply with the amended European Working Time Directive when it is implemented offshore on 1 August and believes that it already …
Friday 2 May 2003 Offshore Industry Rolls Out Drugs Awareness Campaign This week marks the beginning of the roll out of a three month safety campaign to warn UK oil and gas workers of the dangers of drug and alcohol misuse offshore. As part of a nationwide …
