Sentences with phrase «offshore waters for»

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The country had initially set June 21 as the date to open bids for 11 new blocks, located in border areas with Iran and Kuwait, and in offshore Gulf waters.

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.

Overview of Renewable Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf — BOEM is responsible for offshore renewable energy development in Federal waters and anticipates future development on the OCS from three general sources: offshore wind, ocean wave, and ocean current energy.

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.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is conducting a high - level assessment of all waters offshore the United States Atlantic Coast for potential future offshore wind lease locations.

Bringing the Seattle - based company closer to the nation's seat of power could be a competitive advantage for Amazon, with growing calls to regulate tech monopolies, billions of dollars in untaxed offshore stockpiles at stake and the habit some tech companies have of getting into hot water for operating on the fringes of state and federal rules.

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.

Cuomo announced a ban against offshore drilling and exploration with the «Save Our Waters» bill, which prohibits the leasing of lands, including underwater lands, for offshore drilling and exploration in New York state waters.

Cuomo advanced the «Save Our Waters» bill to prohibit the leasing of lands, including underwater lands, for offshore drilling and exploration in New York state waters.

Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins, the two major party candidates for Nassau County executive, debated environmental and transportation issues Sunday, agreeing on the need to remove nitrogen from South Shore waterways, expand offshore wind sources and improve the county's water quality.

Democratic Legislator Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins, the two major party candidates for Nassau County executive, debated environmental and transportation issues yesterday, agreeing on the need to remove nitrogen from South Shore waterways, expand offshore wind sources and improve the county's water quality.

In a review article recently published online in the journal Nature, researchers arrived at a new estimate for total usable global offshore groundwater: 500,000 cubic kilometers — a quantity 100 times greater than the amount of water extracted from land aquifers since 1900, the study states.

The Gulf of Mexico may be open for business and eager to attract tourists, but it's still unclear whether or not marine and coastal ecosystems there are healthy two years after BP's offshore drilling rig exploded 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, eventually releasing 205.8 million gallons of oil into the water column.

Using more pure water from offshore aquifers rather than ocean water has the potential to reduce desalination costs, the authors argue — with reverse osmosis, desalination costs for ocean water run between 53 cents and $ 1.50 per cubic meter, while the cost to process brackish water from offshore aquifers runs between 10 cents and $ 1.

It would increase funding for Interior programs that support «environmentally responsible development of energy on public lands and offshore waters,» the document says.

An OBS was placed at the ocean floor at 400 - meter water depth offshore Western Svalbard, and recorded every sound from the seabed and ocean for a full year.

Now, Graham and colleagues are waiting to see whether the species becomes a permanent resident, perhaps encouraged by declining coastal water quality and a growing thicket of offshore oil drilling platforms, which may provide the perfect hard substrate for a bottom - dwelling life stage.

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.

There is only one official source of data on pollution caused by offshore drilling in U.S. waters: the National Response Center, an online reporting system for oil and chemical spills managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Two offshore wind farms are proposed for the state for open water that has already been leased from the federal government.

While pundits and regulators issue encomiums to safety, the most noticeable shifts in the «post BP» oil industry are a fat discount on rental rates for offshore platforms no longer needed in the Gulf and the exodus of idled rigs heading to other waters.

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.

And foreign vessels that lacked licenses to fish in those waters accounted for just over one - half of the offshore catch, she found.

The WHOI group will monitor water 300 km offshore, an area with large fisheries for tuna and other seafood.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages wind resources off the U.S. coast, held the country's largest offshore wind development lease auction in January for 742,000 acres of open water 12 miles off the shore of Martha's Vineyard.

That could set the stage for other offshore wind projects all along the East Coast as the federal government expands the waters available for new offshore wind farm development.

«Microplastics are ubiquitous in the world's oceans and they have been found in both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and their adjacent seas, in both coastal areas and offshore,» says Inger Lise Nerland, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).

Historically, sludge in developed nations was disposed in coastal waters: New York's twenty sewage treatment plants, for example, once disposed their sludge offshore in a region known as the New York Bight.

Even sperm whales in deep waters offshore, where the delta's abundance concentrates food resources for these marine giants, depend on a healthy delta.

We need relatively calm seas (e.g, < 10 - 15 kt winds and < 3 - 4 ft seas) and if you check out the offshore actual weather and forecasts for the outer waters where we hope to work with beaked whales and other pelagic -LSB-...]

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, directs the President, at section 311 (j)(1)(C)(33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(1)(C)-RRB- and section 311 (j)(5)(33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(5)-RRB-, respectively, to issue regulations «establishing procedures, methods, and equipment and other requirements for equipment to prevent discharges of oil and hazardous substances from vessels and from onshore facilities and offshore facilities, and to contain such discharges.»

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.»

Uvita is home to the Parque Nacional Marino Ballena (Whale Marine National Park) and is famous for the twice - yearly migrations of humpback whales that come to give birth and raise their calves in the warm Pacific waters just offshore from Uvita.

Light tackle fishing in Isla Mujeres is considered done in Blue water and is basically casting for offshore species like Sailfish, Bonitos, Dorados and Barracudas.

Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near - shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.

Whether your preference is a fly rod or a spin reel or trolling for your catch of the day, from barracuda to snapper to king mackerel to grouper, the waters directly offshore from Chabil Mar are arguably some the finest fishing grounds in the Caribbean Sea.

Its boundaries encompasses sea, sand dunes, tidal rock pools, a vlei, rare fynbos, the Potberg Mountains, and a range of animals that range from rare Cape vultures to mountain zebra, ostrich and whales (these waters are the offshore breeding nursery for the Southern Right whale).

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.

You will then depart to Half Moon Bay, an uninhabited island where you can relax on the white - sand beach and snorkel in the crystal clear waters just offshore while the staff prepares you a light lunch that includes a freshly made conch salad from the conch that you dove for earlier in the day.

A combination of natural factors - climate, the Belize Barrier Reef (the longest in the Western Hemisphere), numerous offshore islands, excellent fishing, extensive Caribbean waters (for boating), jungle wildlife, and Mayan ruins - support the thriving tourist industry.

For the Adventurous as you conquer the challenge of open water jetsking experiencing the Whitsundays amazing offshore islands and waterways.

Jet Ski Daydream Extreme - This tour is for the adventurous... as you conquer the challenge of Open Water Jetskiing experiencing the Whitsundays amazing offshore islands, South & Notrh Mole and Daydream Island... Option 2

With 300 + days of offshore wind and un-crowded waters, nearly everyday is ideal for surfing in San Juan del Sur.

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.

Beginner group surfed Geger left were rewarded with clean condition, Great waves for the learner and just us in the water, Sunny light offshore winds.

Shearwaters are offshore birds that live over water for months at a time in both summer and winter depending on the migration pattern.

Note: The offshore reef and its protecting of the inland sea around the island makes for extremely clear and calm water for diving & snorkeling.

Our resorts are set on the leeward side of the island, where offshore reefs create the calmest waters for leisure swims and endless water sports.