Sentences with phrase «offshore in shallow water»

It operates offshore in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and in the onshore Gulf Coast region of the United States.

Not exact matches

Mendonca and his team scrambled to adjust their strategy, and they ended up acquiring 21 blocks in shallower water, what Mendonca calls «ugly ducklings» — areas that Petrobras skipped over in the quest for bigger fields further offshore.

I have a suspicious feeling that the offshore - drilling issue isn't exactly going to overwhelm the electorate, despite widespread (but shallow) support, but the Republicans involved in #dontgo seem to have taken to it like a dying man in the desert to water.

Their eggs and larvae drifted for weeks offshore, bathed in oily water, before the juveniles at last took refuge in the shallow coastal estuaries, where they will mature.

By foraging for prey in deep pelagic waters often miles offshore, these mobile predators can act as vital «nutrient vectors» to shallow reefs.

The ice formation and offshore winds produce strong currents in these shallow marginal seas, which stir up the sediment and carry the methane produced there into the water column.

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.

Marsh creation or «dredging» uses sediment from the Mississippi River, nearby water bottoms or offshore shoals to build land in shallow, open water areas, typically where land has been lost.

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.»

Lancing is protected by an offshore reef, so the waters are quite calm in close, and the drop off is comfortably shallow, making it a good spot for just floating around.

The south coast offers steep offshore slopes and walls in open water, while the east coast pampers with short boat rides to coral formations in shallow to medium depths.

Halibut can be reeled in at some of the offshore banks and the shallow waters are excellent for fishing ling cod, red snapper and several species of rockfish.

They are also good in shallow water making them very versatile for both inshore and offshore use.

The small trees you can sometimes see growing by themselves in shallow water offshore, are young red mangrove trees.

The surfing break is offshore, but the waters in close are calm and there's a good shallows area by the overhang.

in the deep offshore waters or in the shallows.

Inside these breakwaters are many warm shallow natural lagoons that are protected by the offshore reefs providing a safe swimming and water sports environment.Peneeda View Beach Hotel in Sanur offers a selection of villas, suites and bungalows with incredible views of the beach and gardens and home theater set ups as well as incredible luxuries.

Located offshore, in the shallow water near Boat Station 1, Willy's Rock served as a sanctuary to a statue of the Virgin Mary in the island.

Though the oil is beneath relatively shallow waters owned by the state off Alaska's North Slope, the discovery signals that the geology there, potentially onshore in the northern portion of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska and in the offshore of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas holds considerable promise.

Unlike the Atlantic Ocean, where offshore wind farms can be bolted into the seabed in relatively shallow water, the West Coast's continental shelf plunges quickly and steeply.

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.

While the shallow, near shore waters of this lake have been impacted by runoff, the offshore waters have been clearer in the last 97 years, due to the effects of warming and thermal stratification on nutrient (phosphorus) regeneration.

Since that time, commercial - scale offshore wind facilities have been operating in shallow waters around the world, mostly in Europe.

«It further reinforces that Shell's approach to Arctic exploration is aligned with the high standards the Department of Interior expects from an offshore leader and adds to our confidence that drilling will finally commence in the shallow waters off Alaska this summer.»

The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is looking to sell more offshore wind development zones facing Massachusetts later this year, and zones facing New York by the end of 2019 — two of the most enticing areas in the whole of the Americas for offshore wind given their proximity to major cities like New York and Boston, and their relatively shallow water depths.

The four coastal states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia have 82 percent of the total Atlantic coast wind potential in shallow water... These four states also have some of the lowest construction costs for offshore wind turbines all along the eastern seaboard, and they're among the largest and fastest - growing electricity markets.

This attribute allows for the initial development of offshore wind in relatively shallow waters followed by a transition to deeper waters further for shore as the technology is advanced.»