The Nautilus team has recently made a short video tour of their exploration vessel, through areas of the ship people usually don’t see on the live feeds, behind-the-scenes, the mess, bridge, data lab, and more. The Nautilus Exploration Program focuses on three main areas of marine science: biology,
Two ships, Zhu Kezhen and Fugro Equator, continue to work in the southern Indian Ocean, surveying the sea floor in preparation for the deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. In June, an expert satellite working group identified a search zone of up to 60,000 square kilometres, wh
Joe Toland, who proposed a tidal lagoon project in the Bristol Channel, plans to prove the viability of its massive energy project by simulating a shipwreck off Cornwall. “My goal is tidal technology and by developing this artificial ship project using 21st century materials and technology it will r
Joe Toland, who proposed a tidal lagoon project in the Bristol Channel, plans to prove the viability of its massive energy project by simulating a shipwreck off Cornwall. “My goal is tidal technology and by developing this artificial ship project using 21st century materials and technology it will r
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has received the final Seismic Volume Report for the “La Bella” 3D seismic survey on schedule and provided to the VIC/P67 JV partners, AWE Limited and Tap Oil Limited. The fully processed Seismic Volume Report has been compiled by contractor CGG Services
With modern computing power and innovative analytical skills, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and their colleagues have constructed the most detailed imagery to date of a massive active magma chamber located off the Pacific Northwest where Earth’s plates are spreadi
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration group, has been awarded the Etinde Exploitation Authorisation (EA), signed by the President of Cameroon. This concludes the final stage of the EA award process. This EA gives Bowleven and its joint venture partners, which will include SNH, the Cam
Marine Scotland Science has published findings of a study looking at the behaviour of homeward migrating salmon in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. The study is part of a research programme, funded by the Scottish Government, which aims to identify and minimise any disruptions to wildlife as the
A new report from Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, finds greenhouse gas emissions from Australian coal seam gas (CSG) production wells to be very low, especially when compared to the volume of gas produced from the wells. The report, Field Measurements of Fugitive Emissions from Equip
The research and development expedition to investigate ice and metocean conditions in the Russian Arctic organized by The Arctic Research and Design Center (the Rosneft and ExxonMobil JV) with the support of Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute experts has started in the White sea. Scientific res
An innovative new vessel designed to cope with the most challenging conditions for crews servicing off-shore windfarms has been developed in West Cumbria with the support of an “Investing in Business” grant from Britain’s Energy Coast (BEC). The £90,000 grant has been awarded to Workington-based com
Funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme, the SI Ocean project’s Market Deployment Strategy makes several high-level recommendations for commercialising the emerging wave and tidal energy sectors. The SI Ocean (Strategic Initiative for Ocean Energy) project’s goal is to deliver a common str
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it is extending the public comment period for the Request for Information (RFI) and Comments on the Preparation of the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The RFI was released in mid-June as the initial step
Eni has made an important gas and condensates discovery in the Nyonie Deep exploration prospect located in block D4, approximately 13 kilometers from the coast of Gabon and 50 kilometers from the capital city Libreville. Preliminary estimates suggest the new gas discovery is significant, with initia
