Wednesday 17 April 2002 UKOOA Response to the Budget Statement The UK offshore oil and gas industry is surprised and concerned at the decision to introduce a 10 percent supplementary charge on North Sea profits. The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA …
July 14, 2010 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced that he is raising fishing limits on several fish stocks based on new scientific analysis, delivering on a commitment he made to Northeast fishermen and members of Congress. “I directed Dr. …
July 16, 2010 NOAA has selected Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Fla., to develop the antenna system that will support NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series, GOES-R. This new series of spacecraft, set to begin launching in 2015, is expected …
Friday 15 February 2002 UKOOA Welcomes PIU Energy Review The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), the representative body for UK oil and gas exploration and production companies, welcomes the publication today of the PIU Energy Review (14 February …
July 16, 2010 NOAA announced today its selection of the University of California, San Diego to lead a new federal/academic research partnership, forming the Cooperative Institute on Marine Ecosystems and Climate to study climate change and coastal …
Friday 1 March 2002 Oil and Gas Industry Concludes £6 Million Drill Cuttings Research Programme The conclusions of a £6 million research programme funded by the UK offshore oil and gas industry to find solutions for dealing with historic accumulations of …
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 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 …
August 6, 2010 NOAA’s Fisheries Service says changes are needed to the areas where commercial fishermen may fish for groundfish off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to further promote the recovery of the western population of Steller sea lions, and to be in …
Study will identify impacts of rising water and erosion to coastal habitats and communities August 5, 2010 NOAA has awarded $750,000 for the first year of an anticipated $3 million research investment to develop the information and tools critically needed …
