Source: ABC News
Author: Samantha Jonscher
With oil exploration looming on the horizon for the Great Australian Bight, stakeholders felt it was an important time to learn more about the species that call the rough waters off Australia’s southern coastline home.
Source: EurekAlert!
Author: Penn State
Degradation rates of oil were slower in the dark and cold waters of the depths of the Gulf of Mexico than at surface conditions, according to an international team of geoscientists trying to understand where the oil went during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Continue reading Oil biodegradation inhibited in deep-sea sediments
Source: Offshore Technology
A survey conducted by the University of Technology Sydney in Australia has found that leaving decommissioned oil rigs on the seabed could prove beneficial to marine wildlife.
Continue reading Marine wildlife benefit from decommissioned oil rigs left in ocean
Source: Oceans Deeply
Author: Paul Tullis
Researchers often can’t afford to send remotely operated vehicles to the far reaches of the ocean. Now they’re collaborating with business to take advantage of discoveries made by ROVs deployed by oil and gas companies.
Continue reading How Oil Industry Robots Can Help Scientists Explore the Deep Sea
Source: Popular Science
Author: Sara Kiley Watson
Every step of the drilling process can cause harm to the delicate ocean environment.
Continue reading Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems
Source: news.com.au
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the country is putting an end to deep-sea oil and gas exploration.
Source: The Guardian
Author: Suzanne Goldenberg
Shell shut down its 2013 drilling season in the Arctic waters off Alaska on Wednesday, after a series of mishaps and mechanical failures. The oil company said in a statement it was putting its operations off the coast of Alaska on pause for 2013, but remained committed to drilling at a later stage.
Continue reading Shell to suspend Arctic offshore drilling program over safety fears
