Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by MSRC and equipped with dedicated spill response capability. [...]
The Clean Shipping Coalition welcomes the adoption by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of an Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) regulation for new ships; but warns that it’s only the first step in what needs to be a far more expansive effort to address shipping’s climate impacts.(1) The regulation will only guarantee emissions reductions after [...]
Sharks in The Bahamas can breathe more easily after the nation’s government announced today that all commercial shark fishing in the approximately 630,000 square kilometers (243,244 square miles) of the country’s waters is now prohibited. “2011 is fast becoming the year of the shark,” said Jill Hepp, manager of global shark conservation for the Pew [...]
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board announced today that it has awarded 17 grants totaling $1.5 million to support the time-sensitive acquisition of critical samples and observations associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The funding will support work from July 1 to September 30, 2011 and [...]
A tidal power scheme in the Mersey Estuary in the UK, could deliver enough electricity to meet the average needs of over 200,000 homes but the high construction costs mean that it is unlikely to go ahead without a change in the way we value renewable energy and security of supply. Following many months of [...]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is hiring! Director Michael R. Bromwich announced that the bureau will begin to use multiple-person inspection teams for offshore oil and gas inspections. This internal process improvement will improve oversight and help ensure that offshore operations proceed safely and responsibly. The new process will allow [...]
Oil has been found in the pre-salt formation off the Gabon Coast in central west Africa. The beautiful coastline will be marred and face environmental degradation from the continuing search for fossil fuels. While many would argue that it is good for the Gabon economy, this has not been proven to be true. More than [...]
Eighteen Greenpeace activists have scaled a controversial Arctic oil rig 180km off the Greenland coast. They braved freezing seas to climb the huge legs of the rig then formed an orderly delegation to make its way to the drill manager’s cabin to demand a copy of the rig’s Oil Spill Response Plan.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ocean survey vessel, the OSV BOLD, will be open to the public and press at Riverbank State Park in New York City (Manhattan) June 13-14 and June 17-18. EPA scientists and staff will give tours of the ship and demonstrate water sampling and research efforts taking place in New [...]
Liquid Robotics®, developer of the award-winning Wave Glider® self-powered hybrid sea-surface/underwater robotic vehicle, and cloud-based data service provider, has closed a Series D $22 million financing round led by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the company’s first institutional investor, together with participation by oilfield services provider Schlumberger.
The stories they could tell, these fishes that once swam the ocean deep and are now in jars and bottles.
A technical comment published in the current (May 27) edition of the journal Science casts doubt on a widely publicized study that concluded that a bacterial bloom in the Gulf of Mexico consumed the methane discharged from the Deepwater Horizon well.
Lee Crockett, director, Federal Fisheries Policy for the Pew Environment Group, released the following statement in response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) announcement regarding the listing of Atlantic bluefin tuna under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has been named one of the best workplaces in the UK and Europe by the Great Place to Work Institute UK.
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) of Sydney, British Columbia in Canada have announced the launch of their Ocean Renewables brand.
The truth is that the area designated as critical is really what was left over after the economic interests of oil companies and other businesses were protected. If NOAA deems its mission is to protect business before endangered species, they should have the guts to say so. Or did it let the right wing political agenda of the state of Alaska influence their decision. Here are some interesting facts regarding this habitat designation:
BOEM Seeks Input on an Environmental Assessment for Ocean Current Technology Testing Offshore Florida
UK Opens a £20Million Marine Energy Grant Opportunity
U.S. DOE to Fund One Wave Energy Project for One Year
Norway’s Wello Will Deploy Wave Energy Converter at EMEC by the end of the Month
Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended January 31, 2012
Ocean Renewable Power Company Receives Permit for Tidal Energy Project in Bay of Fundy
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