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Abstract Drilling in Norwegian Arctic waters provokes concern regarding potential impacts on commercial fisheries and the marine environment. Of particular concern are deep-water sponge and sea-pen habitats. Drilling permits require environmental surveys to be carried out before and after drilling, ...
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis was developed nearly a quarter-century ago as an alternative form of prenatal diagnosis that is carried out on embryos. Initially offered for diagnosis in couples at-risk for single gene genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and Huntington ...
IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, provides the forum for the oil and gas sector to share knowledge and build capacity on challenging topics such as management of BES issues within oil and gas industry. In the effort described here, the IPIECA/OGP ...
Problem Statement: Development of the oil sands in northeastern Alberta is an important contributor to the economies of both Alberta and Canada, but this type of hydrocarbon resource is often perceived as representing daunting environmental challenges. One area of particular stakeholder focus is the ...
Since 2012, Chevron and Conservation International (CI) have partnered in Liberia to develop community-level integrated social and environmental projects with the Barcoline community through Conservation Agreements (CAs). CAs are negotiated with local communities and include a package of social benefit ...
Oil and gas activities raise important socio-economic questions for host governments, local communities and project proponents. If not identified and managed in a timely and effective manner, socio-economic issues - such as labour market effects, population influx, revenue management and socio-cultural ...
Description of the Material Corporate assessment of the impacts and dependencies associated with ecosystem services has come of age. It happened quietly with the 2012 update of the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards, and resulting expansion of due diligence for the 79 banks that ...
Traditional feasibility studies for remediation projects consider factors including cost, implementation risks, reliability and environmental protection. However, traditional studies do not address corporate and stakeholder desires for more sustainable business practices. Approaches are needed to compare ...
Problem Statement: In 1998, the US EPA announced a voluntary chemical data collection effort, the HPV Challenge Program. HPV chemicals are those produced or imported into the US in aggregate quantities of at least one million pounds per year. The challenge was to provide information equivalent to the ...
Research by experts from industry and an environmental organization finds that incorporating nature into man-made infrastructure can improve business resilience – and bring additional economic, environmental and socio-political benefits. Experts from Shell, The Dow Chemical Company, Swiss Re, and Unilever, ...
The Barzan Gas Project is a critical program to deliver natural gas to Qatar’s future industries. This project was expected to cause impacts to shallow coral communities during pipeline construction. To partially meet the state’s environmental clearance for the project whilst supporting the state’s ...
Potential impacts from anthropogenic sound, including from geophysical operations, on marine life have received ever-increasing attention in recent years from regulators, environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and the public. As a result, many national government agencies and international ...
The Norman Wells operation in northern Canada is applying for renewal of its water license. The facility has been in operation since 1919 on the banks of the Mackenzie River. No changes to the operation are being contemplated, and no changes to the water license requested. What is new is that the regulator ...
A weight-of-evidence (WOE) approach was used to evaluate whether produced water (PW) discharges in the Gulf of Guinea, offshore Nigeria contribute an unacceptable ecological effect on the marine ecosystem. The WOE approach is a structured framework used by USEPA and other regulatory agencies in drawing ...
The Deep-ocean Environmental Long-term Observatory System (DELOS) was installed in Block 18 Angola in February 2009, and therefore celebrates its 5th anniversary in February 2014. The two DELOS platforms are located 16km apart in 1,400m of water depth. One is within 50 metres of subsea facilities, and ...
Understanding patterns in the utilisation of seafloor heterogeneity by different fish species is an essential prerequisite for the implementation of effective spatial management of marine ecosystems. The North Sea supports one of the world’s most active fisheries as well as extensive oil and gas exploration ...
Suppression subtractive hybridization of Penaeus monodon hemocytes challenged with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has identified the viral responsive gene, PmVRP15, as the highest up-regulated gene ever reported in shrimps. Expression analysis by quantitative real time RT-PCR revealed 9410–fold up-regulated ...
Description of the Proposed Paper: The proposed paper describes a review of case studies for the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure in the temperate environment. Decommissioning activities in temperate waters offer some unique challenges. Structures are often associated with the ...
SME development is well established in some of Yemen’s Governorates. However, the Shabwah Governorate in which the Company operates is constrained by financial and other resources including a lack of support for small and micro-enterprise (SME) development. The majority of the Company’s project neighbors ...