Buccaneer Energy Limited (Buccaneer) announced that the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has approved the revised C-Plan, also referred to as the oil spill plan, for the Cosmopolitan (“Cosmo”) project. Additionally the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“AOGCC”) has a
A key facility in an international observing network to detect increasing ocean acidification is monitoring carbon cycling in the Tasman Sea from a site near Maria Island. The A$150,000 mooring with its suite of environmental sensors is one of three in Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System
Co-operation with China through the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Renewable Energy Development (RED) programme has reached another milestone. Twelve contracts for research and development projects have been signed between Danish and Chinese businesses and research institutes. The 12 projects a
3D Oil Limited advises that, together with its joint venture partner in VIC/P57, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (Hibiscus), it has finalised the development concept for the West Seahorse oilfield and that Front End Engineering Design (FEED) has commenced. Following a comprehensive review of a variety of
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the nation’s newest research vessel will be named R/V Sally Ride, in honor of the former UC San Diego faculty member who was the first American female astronaut and the youngest American to fly in space. The ship is owned by the U.S. Navy, will be opera
A major stakeholder in Blue Power Energy Conor Haughey has appointed Beary Capital Partners to advise him on a €1.5m fundraising for wave energy development, Independent.ie informs. Blue Power Energy, in which Haughey holds 65 per cent stake, is seeking the investment to commercialize its newly deve
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announces that through its wholly-owned subsidiary INPEX Offshore Timor-Leste, Ltd., it has signed a new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the JPDA 11-106 contract area (Contract Area) of the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA), which is jointly administered by the
An onshore geotechnical survey near the proposed landfall location for the Dogger Bank Teesside export cables, between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea, will be carried out next week (starting Tuesday, April 16). Specialist contractor VolkerInfra will drill a number of boreholes in total as part of the
An onshore geotechnical survey near the proposed landfall location for the Dogger Bank Teesside export cables, between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea, will be carried out next week (starting Tuesday, April 16). Specialist contractor VolkerInfra will drill a number of boreholes in total as part of the
Natural gas used to generate electricity so far this year is below the high level during the comparable 2012 period, when low natural gas prices led to significant displacement of coal by natural gas for power generation. In early 2013, coal recovered some market share as natural gas prices rose. By
President Obama announced yesterdaythat he has requested $222.1 million for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) for fiscal year 2014, which would provide critically needed resources to strengthen the agency’s offshore regulatory programs. The proposal, which represents a $24.8
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that a hydrographic and geophysical survey operation is currently being undertaken by INFOMAR1 for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) off the Clare coast. The survey operaton started on 6th April and will continue throug
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 pounds, as part of a U.S. Navy-funded project. The prototype robot, nicknamed Cyro, is a larger model of a robotic j
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has recently delivered two TRIAXYS™ Next Wave Directional Wave Buoys to Instituto Oceanográfico De La Armada (INOCAR) of Ecuador. These TRIAXYS buoys will be deployed along the Ecuador coastline for its developing coastal wave monitoring program. The AXYS Services Team
