January 20, 2011 In 2010, NOAA satellites were critical in the rescues of 295 people from life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters. The satellites picked up distress signals from emergency beacons carried by …
Monday 14 April 2008 NEW INDUSTRY WORKSHOP SET TO IMPROVE ASSET INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT Step Change in Safety is today, 14 April 2008, launching a unique industry workshop intended to equip company leaders to ask the right questions about asset integrity and …
Wednesday 16 April 2008 STEP CHANGE IN SAFETY LEADS THE WAY WITH UNIQUE SAFETY SHARING EVENT Revolutionising safety sharing in the oil and gas industry, Step Change in Safety is holding its first Safety Share Fair on April 16, 2008, as part of a three day …
Entanglements and Ship Strikes Biggest Threats to Endangered Right Whales February 4, 2011 The death of a young right whale off Florida drives home the point that while disentanglement responses give the animals a better chance at survival, prevention of …
Thursday 17 April 2008 Oil & Gas UK Announces Appointment of New Co-Chairs Bob Keiller, chief executive officer for PSN, and Archie Kennedy, managing director of ConocoPhillips (UK) Ltd, have taken over the joint role of chairmen of the Oil & Gas …
January 24, 2011 Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction for NOAA’s National Weather Service in Camp Springs, Md. (Credit: NOAA) Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director of the National Centers for Environmental …
Monday 21 April 2008 Oil & Gas UK Launches New Risk-based Medical Guidelines Aiming to Keep More People in Employment Oil & Gas UK today (22 April 2008) publishes its revised medical guidelines which set out good practice for assessing the health …
January 24, 2011 The Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce today announced a new agreement to further collaboration between the agencies on renewable energy modeling and weather forecasting, which will help enable the nation’s renewable …
Tuesday 22 April 2008 Oil & Gas UK Statement Regarding Grangemouth Dispute Commenting on the potential strike action at Grangemouth refinery, Oil & Gas UK's chief executive, Malcolm Webb, said: "We sincerely hope that the parties concerned …
January 31, 2011 The Edna G. shortly after its launch in July 1956. Download here. (Credit: With permission from Maine Maritime Museum) The wreck of a mid-20th century fishing vessel, representative of a distinctive regional fishing technique, has been …
Wednesday 23 April 2008 Young Oil & Gas Industry Professionals Make Their Views Heard at Aberdeen Conference Over 200 young oil and gas professionals, all in the first ten years of their career, today challenged the offshore industry with their …
Thursday 24 April 2008 Oil & Gas UK Supports Secretary of State Call to Resolve Grangemouth Dispute Oil & Gas UK strongly supports John Hutton's call for Ineos and Unite, the parties involved in the Grangemouth dispute, to come together to …
February1, 2011 Siah Carter on the deck of the USS Monitor. Download here. (Credit: With permission from The Mariners' Museum) NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, in partnership with Murrain Associates, Inc., and the National Association of …
Defendants plead guilty in federal court to violating the Lacey Act February 4, 2011 Seafood consumers and the law-abiding fishermen who catch that seafood gained a big victory last week when a complex NOAA Office of Law Enforcement investigation into …
Friday 25 April 2008 OIL & GAS UK CALLS FOR KINNEIL TO BE RELEASED FROM GRIP OF GRANGEMOUTH DISPUTE As the Grangemouth dispute threatens to significantly affect oil and gas production in the central North Sea, Oil & Gas UK called for the parties …
Science and Innovation Cited as Keys to Economic Recovery February 14, 2011 President Obama today issued the FY 2012 budget for NOAA, requesting $5.5 billion for the nation’s oceanic and atmospheric agency. The proposed budget includes key investments to …
Saturday 26 April 2008 OIL & GAS UK DEPLORES INTERRUPTION TO NORTH SEA PRODUCTION AND CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO BROKER AGREEMENT TO ALLAY NORTH SEA FEARS Oil & Gas UK deplores the interruption of North Sea oil and gas production and calls on the …
February 8, 2011 Last month was the coolest January since 1994, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. Across the contiguous United States, the average January temperature was 30.0 F, which is 0.8 F below …
Saturday 26 April 2008 GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION NOW NEEDED TO KEEP FORTIES PIPELINE OPEN With only hours to go before the Forties Pipeline System begins to shut down, it is now time for the Government to intervene actively with Unite and Ineos to ensure …
As delivered on Feb. 8 by Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator February 9, 2011 Many thanks for the invitation to join you tonight. My focus will be on the progress we’ve made in strengthening …
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