The Navy may be brought in to help in a row between Greenpeace and the Brazilian oil company Petrobras… (tvnz) [mappress] Source: tvnz, April 11, 2011;
Offshore wind is the mean of a reliable, intensive and abundant renewable energy. This relatively new source of electricity generation,… (prsafe) [mappress] Source: prsafe, April 11, 2011
Two companies, one from St. John’s and one from Brighton in the United Kingdom, are about to pool their experience in offshore wind, wave… (vocm) [mappress] Source: vocm, April 11, 2011
Statoil has initiated an investigation after the gas leak that occurred at Visund on April 9. The gas leak occurred in a riser carrying oil and gas from well A21 to the Visund platform. On Friday April 8, Statoil decided to shut down production from the Visund field to carry out inspections on the [
The Living Oceans Foundation has chosen The Bahamas for the opening of its Global Reef Expedition, a five year, world–wide study of the health of the coral reef environments. In making the announcement, Captain Philip Renaud, USN (ret), the Foundation’s Executive Director, noted that up to 80 percen
Dead baby bottlenose dolphins are continuing to wash up in record numbers on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and scientists do not know… CNN [mappress] Source: CNN , April 08, 2011; Image: nj
Production could start up at the world’s first off-shore copper mine as early as the second half of 2013, the chief operating officer of Nau… (tdwaterhouse) [mappress] Source: tdwaterhouse, April 08, 2011;
On 24 March 2011, IHC Hytop Winches, part of IHC Merwede, was officially launched. The new company’s workshop plays an important role in its activities because it enables it to build complex winch systems for the offshore and dredging markets. This will expand the supply of IHC Hytop Winches’ range
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces that a major international oil company has joined EMGS and Shell in a joint industry project (JIP) to plan and design the next-generation 3D EM system. “We are delighted that yet another customer with extensive EM experience has joined the JIP,” says
Belwind NV, the leading Belgian producer of alternative energy from offshore wind farms, is pleased to announce that, provided NER300 funding is approved, it will be making part of its latest wind farm concession site off the Bligh Bank on the Belgian continental shelf available for a project. This
Research director Jacob Verhoef of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, said this year the team of scientists and technicians… (capebretonpost) [mappress] Source: capebretonpost , April 07, 2011;
The University of Maine has narrowed in on the Midcoast as the most likely area for future offshore wind development in a 567-page report… By Gillian Garratt (workingwaterfront) [mappress] Source: workingwaterfront, April 07, 2011
Nearly 500 students from more than 35 classrooms “virtually” accompanied researchers from the… [mappress] Source: noaanews , April 07, 2011;
‘SMT will lead the development of innovative and cost effective deployment solutions to ensure marine renewable energy becomes a reality‘ says Jason Hayman, MD Innovative renewables company, Sustainable Marine Technologies (SMT), is restructuring its operations to take on today’s greatest challenge
