in
the deep offshore waters or in the shallows.
Yet the ocean is a patchwork of habitats that reach from
the deepest offshore waters, to where the sea meets and blends with the land in bays, lagoons, marshes, beaches, and tide pools.
Not exact matches
«According to the most recent assessment, the steady oil price recovery since summer 2017 and renewed interest in growth opportunities has led to oil majors catching up in terms of exploration activity this year, both in the shale industry and
offshore deep water,» OPEC said.
What's more, the turbines would have to be placed far
offshore, where
deep water would make construction very expensive.
Oil service companies are getting hit because they are focusing their efforts on
offshore drilling, an industry struggling due to low oil prices that can not justify conducting more typically lucrative
deep -
water drilling projects.
S51 Singapore Exchange — April 18, 2016 A subsidiary of the Singaporean marine and
offshore engineering company has been implicated in a bribery scandal, to win the orders for
deep -
water rigs worth US$ 800 million, involving the Brazilian state - owned shipbuilder Sete Brasil and the state - owned oil company Petrobras.
This will make the most challenging of
offshore operations, using the
deep and ultra
deep water rigs owned and leased by companies like SeaDrill, Transocean, Ensco and Rowan, increasingly profitable moving through 2012 and into 2013.
With the discovery of larger commercial quantities of oil and gas in
deep water offshore Ghana, It became necessary for the bill to passed as the new phase of oil exploration has comes with new challenges with actual development, production and utilisation of its oil and gas resources.
Bonga is Nigeria's first
deep -
water development in depths of more than 1,000 metres, and is located 120 km
offshore Nigeria.
Mooi explored the crystalline
waters with a snorkel and flippers, while other members of the team dove to depths approaching 400 feet to explore the
deep -
water reefs further
offshore.
A new power plant
offshore converts the temperature difference between sea surface and
deep waters into electricity
By foraging for prey in
deep pelagic
waters often miles
offshore, these mobile predators can act as vital «nutrient vectors» to shallow reefs.
During the spring and summer months,
deep ocean
water rich in carbon dioxide periodically wells up along the California coast when surface
waters are pushed
offshore by strong winds.
In addition to enabling drilling in ever -
deeper waters worldwide, robot subs will also be instrumental in ramping up the installation of
offshore turbines that generate electricity from the strong winds and tides found at sea, says Michel, one of the main organizers of the annual Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center's 2010 International ROV Competition, which challenges students to complete underwater missions using ROVs they design and build.
A month after Deepwater Horizon exploded, the Australian government reaffirmed its commitment to ocean drilling, putting 31
offshore blocks up for bidding, 17 of them in
deep waters.
Most of the deposits, some small and some large, are buried in or below permafrost and sediments in the ocean bottom along continental margins — where shallow
offshore waters slope down toward the
deeper ocean floor.
In the future, Australia's minerals, energy and
water resources will come from far greater depths in the earth and from
deep offshore plays.
As a result, we are seeing a lot more large whales spread out and much further
offshore in
deeper water and typically in some
deeper diving modes where they can be a little harder to approach and tag.
Even sperm whales in
deep waters offshore, where the delta's abundance concentrates food resources for these marine giants, depend on a healthy delta.
Two thirds of its
water sank into a blue - black no different from the
deep water offshore; the other third, on the south side of the city, shone a wonderful turquoise blue, lit from below by a shallow bed of rock and coral that caught the sun like the inside of an oyster shell.
It appears that the primary reason for the spin - off was that Pride wanted to exit the struggling shallow
water drilling business in the GOM and increase its focus on the floating and
deep water drilling segments where Pride «believes the best long - term growth prospects reside in the
offshore industry.»
This 12 hour,
offshore,
deep water, pelagic trip allows you to get out to the
offshore waters beyond the reach of most day trips.
This point of the island is where the reef meets the land and offers
deep water access just a few feet
offshore.
The
offshore deep water trench gives a lot of power to this wave wich can be heavy.
«These underwater mountains sit right at the interface between the shallow shelf
waters and
deeper ocean abyss, about 30 miles
offshore.»
A huge variety of juvenile reef fish inhabit the shallow
waters found here before moving off to the more dangerous
deeper waters further
offshore.
The combination of tropical conditions, near constant
offshore winds and
deep -
water swells creates great, year round surf.
Since
water depths drop off to 6,000 feet just a few miles
offshore and continue to get
deeper as you head out to sea, most of Kona's «grander» marlins have been found between just 2 to 5 miles from shore.
Deep walls, drift dives through deep water channels, coral reefs, volcanic muck diving, a world famous wreck, offshore islands, mola mola and mantas, superb island scenery and affordable prices; no wonder Bali remains a popular dive destination of choice for m
Deep walls, drift dives through
deep water channels, coral reefs, volcanic muck diving, a world famous wreck, offshore islands, mola mola and mantas, superb island scenery and affordable prices; no wonder Bali remains a popular dive destination of choice for m
deep water channels, coral reefs, volcanic muck diving, a world famous wreck,
offshore islands, mola mola and mantas, superb island scenery and affordable prices; no wonder Bali remains a popular dive destination of choice for many.
The
water,
deep blue or turquoise, broken by the white crests of
offshore breaks and small bobbing specks, surfers...
Since
water depths drop off to 6,000 feet just a few miles
offshore and continue to get
deeper as you head out to sea,... Continue»
The sides of the faro are quite steep and the
waters offshore are separated by
deep channels that connect it to the rest of the barrier reef.
The
deeper waters that flow
offshore draw plenty of great sport fish to the reefs and scattered wrecks.
Although Lighthouse Reef is one of the smallest islands
offshore of Belize, it is home to the Belize Blue Hole, a nearly perfectly circular body of
deep azure
water that was rated by famed marine biologist Jacques Cousteau as one of the top 10 diving spots on the planet.
Family groups (called pods) of orcas use this passage as an aquatic superhighway, speeding toward
deeper waters farther
offshore on their seasonal migratory odysseys.
A few feet
offshore, the
water turns
deep blue and plunges 1,200 feet, making it an ideal spot for a mammal the length of a Boeing 737 to feed the blue whale.
Magic Mountain is an
offshore pinnacle in
deeper water with non stop fish action.
Sperm whales — Renowned for their enormous square heads, sperm whales are usually seen farther
offshore, where females and their young hunt the
deeper waters
The innovative floating approach will allow wind farms to be developed in much
deeper waters than conventional
offshore wind farms, which are usually placed in
water depths of up to 50 meters.
Statoil believes its Hywind floating wind turbine technology will enable greater exploitation of
offshore wind resources by allowing expansion into new
deep -
water areas around the world.
«Knowing that up to 80 % of the
offshore wind resources are in
deep waters (+60 meters) where traditional bottom fixed installations are not suitable, floating
offshore wind is expected to play a significant role in the growth of
offshore wind going forward».
Your supply chain is only as strong as the weakest link, so don't let uncontrollable
offshore supply chain costs get you in
deep water.
And, by using
offshore platform technology proven in the oil and gas industry, we're able to build wind farms in
deep ocean
waters many miles
offshore, where they are barely visible from shore.
Myanmar announced the award of 16 onshore oil and gas blocks in October 2013, and a further 20
offshore blocks (10 shallow
water and 10
deep water), in March 2014.
Long - term plans also may include restoring wetlands, building a
deep -
water dock, and removing the remains of sunken
offshore barges.
Washington Free Beacon — 27 January 2015 Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State - Owned Russian Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with
deep ties to Russian oil interests and
offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and
Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011....
A recently published report on
deep water offshore wind energy says that floating turbines in the depths in the North Sea are the future of wind energy - which could power Europe 4 times over www.ewea.org/report/
deep -
water
At the same time, the development of newer turbine and foundation technologies will allow wind power projects to be built in
deeper waters further
offshore, and the adaptation of standards and guidelines for national regulation will remain important for a national
offshore wind energy resource and design database.
The wind farm will use Siemens turbines in North Sea
waters at depths of around 95 meters (m) to 120 m — much
deeper than the 20 m to 50 m at which conventional
offshore wind turbines are installed in Europe today.
As is the usual case with
offshore wind farms, the strong winds, difficult seas, and relatively
deep water make the economics of
offshore wind at Cape Mendocino and surrounding areas unattractive.