Could electrifying methane flaring unlock a massive, wasted resource?
MIT researchers have developed a new method to convert methane into methanol – a process that is essential for the further processing of methane which is…
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Offshore training: from Aberdeen to South Korea
Aberdeen University is set to launch a new campus in South Korea with the objective of training up a…
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Offshore fracking on the cards for Scotland?
Academics from the Robert Gordon University (RGU) are in favour of offshore fracking in Scottish waters, but just how…
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Worried about the weather? Using mathematical modelling to reduce offshore risk
Improved mathematical modelling and analysis is beginning to overcome many of the shortcomings of weather prediction, a welcome prospect…
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Unlocking the UK’s offshore coal
With the UK relying on imports for nearly half of its natural gas needs, tapping offshore coal deposits to…
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Danger in the mists – the volatile potential of offshore hydrocarbons releases
Sailors have always told of bad things that lurk in the mists, and while the legends of yore may…
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Fracking the Irish Sea – is it even possible?
The UK’s contentious flirtation with fracking has graced many a newsstand but few would have expected the news that…
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Bringing wave power to the offshore industry
Ocean Power Technologies is hoping to make a splash in the offshore oil and gas industry with its PowerBuoy…
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Pipeline protection – a stormy issue for Oil & Gas
With New Jersey's proposed new Port Ambrose LNG pipeline proving to be the latest project to provoke environmental controversy,…
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