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Genes involved in sex determination and differentiation have been identified in mice, humans, chickens, reptiles, amphibians and teleost fishes. However, little is known of their functional conservation, and it is unclear whether there is a common set of genes shared by all vertebrates. Coelacanths, ...
The feasibility study on the application of advanced robotics (AR) to underwater work was undertaken by UEG, the Offshore and Underwater Engineering Group of CIRIA, between May 1986 and July 1987 on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) It was one of a number of DTI studies in separate ...
ABSTRACT Low cost remotely operated vehicles (ROV), 1.e costing under £ 100k, have become a relatively common tool for work in the marine environment. A survey conducted in 1992 identified over 800 such vehicles in use, however the vast majority are used for inspection/engineering tasks and only a ...
ABSTRACT Artificial reefs are used around the world to promote fisheries They range from very simple to complex structures using a wide variety of materials to recreate some or all aspects of natural reefs, providing shelter from currents and predators, food and breeding sites for fish and other marine ...
ABSTRACT In the UK, statutory control of the disposal of wastes to sea from ships is provided by the Food and Environment Protection Act (Part II,1985), and monitoring of the environmental effects of licensed activity has been conducted by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science ...
ABSTRACT This paper reports the experiences of SLP Energy as a project developer in planning, procuring and managing the environmental, geophysical and geotechnical site investigations for Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. The paper examines the lessons that have been learned by SLP and suggests ...
A novel defensin antimicrobial peptide gene was identified in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. This three exon/two intron defensin gene codes for a peptide precursor consisting of two domains: a signal peptide of 26 amino acids and a mature peptide of 40 residues. The mature cod defensin has six conserved ...
ABSTRACT: Underwater visual census (UVC) techniques using SCUBA have been rarely employed to evaluate fish diversity associated with oil and gas offshore platforms. These techniques can be particularly useful since traditional methods such as fishing surveys are not able to give information about fishes ...
ABSTRACT: A strong commitment to environmental sustainable development has always stood at the heart of Eni's strategies. This approach requires a continuous and systematic analysis of the environmental aspects; in this respect biodiversity conservation represents an essential part of Eni sustainability ...
ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the main steps carried out by D'Appolonia, together with the technical designers, to identify, assess and mitigate, when unavoidable, the potential environmental and social impacts due to a natural gas pipe laying in offshore and nearshore waters: namely the Italian ...
ABSTRACT: Recently all the oil companies are looking forward to use all resources to increase their production in order to meet the market demand of crude oil as it is increasing rapidly. In many cases the oil producers have faced several problems to execute the required workover and the wells intervention. ...
ABSTRACT: The fish fauna associated with two ENI-AGIP gas platforms (Regina and Annalisa) located in the central Adriatic sea was investigated at regular intervals for two and three years from their construction through fishing samplings. The monitoring was also carried out at two open sea control sites ...
ABSTRACT After some 30 years of oil and gas exploration and exploitation in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea there is now a move into new pastures to the west of the Shetland Isles. This coincides with a move by the fishing industry into deeper water in the same area. For both industries the risks ...
ABSTRACT Subsea trenching operations are routinely performed to provide protection for pipelines, umbilicals and power cables. The increase in offshore wind farm developments and the focus on environmental impact from new regulatory bodies and the public have focused attention on trenching operations. ...
ABSTRACT The deepwaters of the UK's Atlantic Margin are now subject to the environmental pressures of two major Industries oil and gas, and fisheries The former has attracted considerable environmental concern, the other generally receives little comment other than in respect of fish stocks Nevertheless, ...
Thank you for this opportunity to present the environmental viewpoint of the oil and gas industry. But I must warn you: I hope to shatter forever your stereotype of environmentalists in the same manner that we at the National Wildlife Federation are attempting to shake up the environmental movement's ...
ABSTRACT: The Gulfstream Natural Gas Pipeline System (Gulfstream) has undergone four phases of development and is designed to deliver environmentally preferable natural gas to fuel new electric generating capacity throughout peninsular Florida in the United States. Phase I of Gulfstream's 726-mile ...
INTRODUCTION Subsea Production Systems generally incorporate a template or satellite structure which has the following primary functions location and verticality of wells, support of subsea components and maintenance equipment, limitation of deflections between components of the system, protection ...
Marine resources have been exploited throughout history but, up until the advent of the recovery of hydrocarbon fuels, the technology needed developed comparatively slowly. In a number of cases the technology developed for other requirements was adapted for use in the marine environment Exploitation ...
ABSTRACT: The Arctic Sea Biodiversity (ASBD) Project was commissioned and managed by Eni Norge and Eni E&P and carried out by Akvaplan-niva, Fram Centre as Research Institute, with Fauna and Flora International (FFI), as Technical Consultant. The project focused on the study of sub-arctic off-shore ...