Sentences with phrase «offshore areas of»

Strong wind resources exist in offshore areas of Queensland, but these areas abut the World Heritage - listed Great Barrier Reef.

Victoria could develop wind power along its southern coastline and near offshore areas of the Bass Strait.

For the past century, the offshore areas of coastal cities such as Goleta, Santa Monica, and Huntington Beach have been home to oil extraction sites.

By completing her biological cycle in both coastal and offshore areas of the central and southwestern Gulf of California, the researchers believe that the hammerhead was maximizing her foraging opportunities and continued growth.

He left that job to spend 5 years as a senior petroleum geologist for Exxon, hunting for oil and gas in offshore areas of southern California.

Most of the northwest shelf is no deeper than the North Sea, another offshore area of intensive natural gas development.

Not exact matches

The Trump offshore drilling plan would let oil suppliers drill in protected areas of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans — places where governors, attorneys general and lawmakers along the East and West Coasts oppose offshore drilling.

In the Americas, Europe and Africa («AEA») Area, the Pemex Abkatun - A2 project started the first of two offshore campaigns, successfully installing the eight leg jacket, before moving onto the tripods and bridges installation, which is ongoing.

Also during the first quarter of 2018, the ASA Area was given a Limited Notice to Proceed by PTSC Offshore Services Joint Stock Company for the provision of early preparation works for the transport and installation of the Sau Vang Central Processing Platform, the Dai Nguyet Wellhead platform and associated pipelines offshore Vietnam.

The plan would open the door for drilling in areas far beyond the U.S. epicenter of offshore drilling in the central and western Gulf of Mexico, giving oil and gas companies the opportunity to explore areas left out of leases for decades.

In fact, in the border between the Yukon territory and Alaska and the Beaufort Sea, there is an area of dispute between Canada and United States where we have counterclaims on parts of the exclusive economic zone on the offshore there.

This restructure, with luck, will see SCEE return to some of its historical success in the offshore areas.

The company is an oil and gas exploration and development company in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico and offshore international areas.

The United States Navy is planning a new round of sonar and weapons testing and training exercises in its Atlantic Training and Testing Study Area, which covers some 2.6 million nautical miles of inshore and offshore waters, extending from the...

The federal government has designated an 81,000 - acre area off of Long Island for possible commercial offshore wind development.

The plan includes the potential lease of acreage in federal offshore areas such as the Atlantic region.

The project has the potential to be the nation's largest offshore wind farm, and is located in an area that can host up to 1,000 MW of offshore wind power.

Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has recorded another major oil spill from Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation / MPN joint Venture offshore.

Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner is worried about the slow pace of expansion of the country's high - voltage lines needed to transport offshore wind energy from the North Sea to industrial areas in the south of Germany.

According to the study, the west Florida shelf and the entire offshore Texas coast could be on the verge of seeing dramatically high densities of lionfish, based on ocean conditions (water flow, etc.,) which help spread the invasive species and concentrate them to new areas.

«Right now, pregnant females foraging offshore in summer must wait up to a month longer than they did just 10 years ago for new sea ice to form so they can travel to denning areas on land,» says Steve Amstrup of the USGS.

Dr Paolo Cipollini from NOC explained: «When a satellite altimeter overpasses the area affected by a surge, it gives us a unique profile of the water surface level from offshore to the coast, as well as concurrent measurements of wave height.

In particular, they found that big, destructive quakes may have a better chance of occurring offshore of Washington and northern Oregon than farther south along the subduction zone — although any large quake would impact the surrounding area.

Our seawater intake is about half a mile offshore, but it's downstream from the outflow of a major slough that drains a large part of the local area, Childress says.

Jeremy Firestone, director of the Center for Carbon - free Power Integration at the University of Delaware, said the Obama administration's strategy has been to make offshore wind areas already leased to developers irreversible by the Trump administration as long as the projects have state support.

They also suggest that the amount of sediment carried to the mouth of the Amazon each year and then dumped offshore should increase over time — something actually seen in sediment cores drilled from that area.

So - called roadless oil extraction, in which oil companies use offshore exploration and production methods and leave less of an imprint on the area being drilled, is a viable alternative, argue Swing and others associated with Scientists Concerned for Yasuni, a network of independent researchers that first came together in 2004 to stop a proposed road project inside the park.

The results are much more divided when it comes to support for nonrenewable energy sources like offshore drilling (52 % oppose while 45 % are in favor of expansion in this area) and coal mining (57 % are opposed and 41 % are in favor of expansion).

Wind development areas were leased off the Delaware and Maryland shores last year, and the BOEM issued the nation's first offshore wind research lease in March to Virginia's Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, which plans to build a 12 megawatt wind farm off the shore of Virginia Beach.

In the autumn adult krill migrate from offshore and continental shelf areas to inshore habitats where they remain through winter under the protective cover of sea ice [4].

Serov and colleagues focused on two subsea pingos that were identified offshore the very same area of the mysterious Yamal peninsula craters.

Methane release from pingo - like features across the South Kara Sea shelf, an area of thawing offshore permafrost

On Nov. 23, 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Call for Information and Nominations to gauge the offshore wind industry's interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in four areas offshore South Carolina and to request comments.

The rear cargo area features six portable containers — inspired by offshore rescue boats — for carrying a variety of gear, including rescue equipment.

It is a very scenic area, with some coral reef offshore and a couple of pontoons to bake on or jump off.

Note also that Koh Thmei, just offshore at the mouth of the estuary, is also part of the park and offers accommodation with facilities for exploring the area too.

Stann Creek, with a population of just over twenty - five thousand, contains diverse tourist experiences: the beautiful white sandy beaches of Placencia (and inviting offshore cayes), rugged Maya Mountains, the lush jungles of the Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Preserve, and both the Garifuna art, music, cuisine and culture and, in certain areas, Maya Culture.

For those wishing to explore further afield, Sorrento is perfectly located for visiting the most popular tourist attractions in the area such as Pompeii, the summit of Mount Vesuvius and the delightful isle of Capri with its blue grotto, just a few miles offshore.

Tidepools and kelp beds teem with marine life; in fact, the park's offshore waters are protected as one of California's first underwater parks: Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area.

Tide pools and kelp beds teem with marine life; in fact, the park's offshore waters are protected as one of California's first underwater parks: Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area.

Approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) offshore of San Jose del Cabo, the top of this seamount encompasses two football fields in area, creating a giant platform for viewing marine life.

The offshore marine habitat was long known as an important breeding area for the commercially valuable Queen Conch, as well as a seasonal spawning bank for Nassau and Yellowfin Groupers, and a variety of other species.

For those on Ambergris Caye, the advantages of offshore banking in Belize add another positive dimension to life in the area.

The Bacalar Chico Project is geared toward sustainable use and development of this unique area of North Ambergris Caye due to a variety of exceptional factors: at Rocky Point the reef touches the shore; the green sea turtle and the loggerhead nesting site between Robles and Rocky Point; the offshore marine habitat once known as a breeding area for Queen conch; and the seasonal spawning bank for the nassau and yellowfin groupers; the high diversity of terrestrial and vegatation zones.

Big Creek State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that lie offshore of Big Sur on California's central coast.

This protected offshore wilderness — known as the «Galapagos of the Pacific» - attracts whales, dolphins, sea lions and other ocean creatures specific to the area.

Montara State Marine Reserve & Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area extend offshore from Montara, just south of Gray Whale Cove.

The Coal Oil Point seep field (COP) in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore from Goleta, California, is a marine petroleum seep area of about three square kilometres, within the Offshore South Ellwood Oil Field and stretching from the coastline southward more than three kilometers (1.9 mi).

Moore Reef - Located 55 km offshore from Cairns, Moore Reef seems to act as a nursery for the surrounding nearby Great Barrier Reef area with juvenile fish finding shelter in an assortment of rock formations.

Specialties of the area include turbot, mussels and oysters which thrive offshore in Thau Lagoon or by its local name, Étang De Thau.