• This photo provided by South Korea's Defense Ministry, shows an object salvaged by South Korea's military that is presumed to be part of the North Korean space-launch vehicle that crashed into the sea following a launch failure off Eocheongdo island, South Korea, May 31, 2023. (voanews.com)
  • Coming off a record year in missile testing, North Korea has conducted more weapons demonstrations to 2023 including test launches of an intercontinental ballistic missile, short-range missiles and a purported long-range cruise missile system in recent weeks. (militarytimes.com)
  • It was supposed to put North Korea's first spy satellite in orbit. (voanews.com)
  • An official at South Korea's presidential office said there was a 'good chance' of another launch attempt before June 11, the end of 12-day period when the North had flagged to the International Maritime Organization that it planned a launch, Yonhap News reported. (voanews.com)
  • Lee Choon Geun, honorary research fellow at South Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute, said it was a rare opportunity for South Korea to retrieve part of a North Korean rocket, and perhaps even the satellite. (voanews.com)
  • The launch underscored the rapid evolution of North Korea's weapons program, which experts say has begun moving at a faster rate to develop and deploy missiles. (cnn.com)
  • The official said the launch did not involve one of North Korea's more advanced missiles in development such as the Musudan missile. (cnn.com)
  • The launch took place in Tongchang-ri, in North Korea's North Pyongan province. (cnn.com)
  • The mobile missile launches did not involve any of North Korea's more advanced missiles currently in development, such as the Musudan. (cnn.com)
  • Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn told the South Korean National Security Council Monday he strongly condemned North Korea's actions. (cnn.com)
  • On Tuesday, Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, said ongoing joint military exercises by the U.S. and South Korea required Pyongyang to have the 'means capable of gathering information about the military acts of the enemy in real time. (calcuttanews.net)
  • SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea on Thursday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward waters off its western coast, South Korea's military said. (militarytimes.com)
  • The launch came as the United States and South Korea prepare to hold their biggest combined military training exercises in years next week to counter the threat of North Korea's nuclear arsenal, which leader Kim Jong Un has aggressively expanded in recent years despite his country's deepening economic isolation and pandemic-related difficulties. (militarytimes.com)
  • The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the launch did not pose an "immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies" but still highlighted the destabilizing impact of North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile program. (militarytimes.com)
  • North Korea's growing nuclear arsenal and provocations have raised the urgency for South Korea and Japan to strengthen their defense postures in conjunction with their alliances with the United States. (militarytimes.com)
  • Sea ducks are popular game birds in North America, yet they are poorly monitored and their population dynamics are poorly understood relative to other North American waterfowl. (usgs.gov)
  • Due to the lack of a standardized reporting system, the true incidence of cold injury is not known, but appears to be uncommon across most of North America except in the northern tier states, including Alaska. (cdc.gov)
  • In the north it is bordered by the Shetland Islands, and connects with the Norwegian Sea, which is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fucus vesiculosus is a type of brown seaweed that grows in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and North Pacific Ocean. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We are hopeful that Capercaillie and Achmelvich may lead to further additions to our North Sea business, sitting alongside major developments like Quad 204, which came onstream in 2017, Clair Ridge, due to come into production this year, and the non-operated Culzean field, expected to start-up in 2019. (bp.com)
  • Diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea has stalled since 2019 because of disagreements over an easing of crippling U.S.-led sanctions against the North in exchange for steps by the North to wind down its nuclear weapons and missile programs. (militarytimes.com)
  • The bison bone carved with Mesolithic zigzag patterns was found by fishermen in Dutch waters of the North Sea. (livescience.com)
  • Despite its cold waters and harsh winds, the North Sea is a fertile basin for phytoplankton blooms. (nasa.gov)
  • Our simulations reveal that during the LIG, the Baltic Sea region (including the Kattegat and the Danish Straits) experienced more saline and colder bottom waters than those in. (lu.se)
  • Study Design: As regional reconnaissance for an EPPR/ Arctic Council project intended to promote worker safety and health during disaster response, events were identified using public and proprietary information sources for maritime disasters, defined here as a shipwrecks, fires, and vessel casualties, in Alaskan Arctic waters, defined here as being north of 60 degrees latitude plus the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. (cdc.gov)
  • Many occupations require employees to work in cold outdoor environments (construction, first responders including search and rescue, North Sea oil and gas workers, etc. (cdc.gov)
  • Halliburton has installed FlexRite® Level 5 multilateral junction systems in the North Sea since 2001 to enhance reservoir exposure and improving well production life. (halliburton.com)
  • Trevor Garlick, regional president for BP North Sea, said: "BP has a multi-billion pound investment programme currently underway in the region, with four major field development projects in the UK and a further two in Norway. (moneyweek.com)
  • Along with its co-venturers, BP is in the middle of a five year, £7 billion investment programme in the North Sea, including major projects in the Central North Sea and Shetland area. (bp.com)
  • The allies had canceled or scaled back some of their regular drills since 2018 to support now-dormant diplomacy with North Korea and guard against the COVID-19 pandemic. (militarytimes.com)
  • Around the edges of the North Sea are sizeable islands and archipelagos, including Shetland, Orkney, and the Frisian Islands. (wikipedia.org)
  • The discoveries are Capercaillie, in Block 29/4e in the Central North Sea, and Achmelvich, in Block 206/9b west of Shetland. (bp.com)
  • We still invest for the next few years two billion dollars a year particularly in Clair and Schiehallion (West of Shetland), so it's not as if we are completely stepping away from the North Sea. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Intensive utilization of the North Sea, e.g., transport, extraction and disposal of sand, laying of cables and pipes, fishery, and -for the last few years- area intensive usage by offshore wind farms result in an increase in anthropogenic stress on the environment. (awi.de)
  • The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck project includes the joint development of two 1.2GW offshore wind farms in the North Sea. (power-technology.com)
  • We are pleased to have deepened our interest in Culzean and we look forward to helping Maersk make this important central North Sea development a success," said Mark Thomas, BP Regional President North Sea Region. (bp.com)
  • The French oil giant Total has bought a large portfolio of mature oil and gas exploration assets in the North Sea from the Danish conglomerate Maersk for $7.45bn (£5.8bn). (theweek.com)
  • Norwegian Sea Sk Ka Eng Ch The North Sea is bounded by the Orkney Islands and east coast of Great Britain to the west and the northern and central European mainland to the east and south, including Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Norway's state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country's authorities for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway. (oilandgaspeople.com)
  • According to Daily Mail , being the biggest supplier to the energy-stricken continent comes with risks, as the Scandinavian country's oil and gas rigs in the North Sea have been buzzed by mysterious drones. (zerohedge.com)
  • The falling oil price has been ringing alarm bells on the rigs, anchored hundreds of miles off-shore, in the oil companies' on-shore operations and around the north-east economy at large for some time. (scotsman.com)
  • The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the North Sea as follows: On the Southwest. (wikipedia.org)
  • FILE - A TV screen shows a news program reporting with footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2022. (militarytimes.com)
  • For the most part, the sea lies on the European continental shelf with a mean depth of 90 metres (300 ft). (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, the centre of the platform still lies 150 metres under the sea beneath some 4000 tonnes of tangled metal. (newscientist.com)
  • In Sammaltunturi, 565 metres above the sea level, ICOS is observing clean northern air coming from the Norwegian Barents Sea and the Northern Atlantic to set up a basis for measurements. (lu.se)
  • Kim, who sees his nuclear arsenal as his strongest guarantee of survival, is trying to force the United States into accepting the North as a nuclear power and wants to negotiate badly needed economic concessions from a position of strength, analysts say. (militarytimes.com)
  • A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South's military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle. (voanews.com)
  • A US official also said that Washington is continuing to see activity including missile engine tests at another North Korean launch site, that signal potential additional launches - which the US widely expects. (cnn.com)
  • The South Korean military strengthened its surveillance of North Korean activities while maintaining "full readiness" in close coordination with its ally, the U.S., the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. (militarytimes.com)
  • The launch came after Kim's powerful sister warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take "quick, overwhelming action" against the United States and South Korea as the allies expand their military training to cope with a growing North Korean nuclear threat. (militarytimes.com)
  • The United States has also recently sent advanced warplanes, including the B-1B and B-52 long-range bombers, to train with South Korean aircraft in a show of strength, triggering protests from North Korea, which describes the allies' joint drills as invasion rehearsals. (militarytimes.com)
  • While expanding joint drills with the U.S., South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's government is also seeking stronger assurances that the United States will swiftly and decisively use its nuclear capabilities to protect Seoul in the event of a North Korean nuclear attack. (militarytimes.com)
  • Aaltopoiju.fi is a Google Map of real-time observation data from four wave buoys which are located in the northern Baltic Sea. (blogspot.com)
  • The map also displays wind and sea level observation data from other sources and wave, wind and sea level forecasts. (blogspot.com)
  • It presents the research stations of the NOAH project: North Sea - Observation and Assessment of Habitats. (fona.de)
  • The only exception is the Norwegian trench, which extends parallel to the Norwegian shoreline from Oslo to an area north of Bergen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wellesley Petroleum AS, the operator of production licence 1148, has successfully completed the drilling of wildcat wells 35/10-10 S and 35/10-10 A, located approximately 25 km northwest of the Troll field and 150 km northwest of Bergen in the North Sea. (oilandgaspeople.com)
  • Anne Begg, Aberdeen South MP, and Richard Baker, North East Scotland MSP, are to meet executives at Shell's Aberdeen headquarters on Friday. (bbc.co.uk)
  • aptain field is located on the UK Continental Shelf about 110 km north of Aberdeen, Scotland. (worldoil.com)
  • Both finds date from the end of the last ice age, around 13,000 years ago, when most of the North Sea was a vast plain of dry land up to 260 feet (80 meters) above sea level - a region scientists call Doggerland after the shallow fishing grounds of Dogger Bank between the Netherlands and the U.K. The grounds were named after the medieval Dutch fishing boats called doggers. (livescience.com)
  • The intense winds blowing over the relatively shallow North Sea causes a lot of vertical and horizontal mixing that brings nutrients to the surface, as does runoff from European rivers. (nasa.gov)
  • The Department of Transport has been advised that the North Irish Sea Array ( NISA ) intends to undertake a geophysical survey campaign on the proposed offshore wind farm's cable corridor area off the coast of counties Dublin, Meath and Louth. (afloat.ie)
  • The North Irish Sea Array ( NISA ) has rescheduled a previously planned geotechnical site investigation campaign on the proposed offshore wind farm area off the coast of north Co Dublin, Meath and Louth. (afloat.ie)
  • Gwynt y Môr is a 576MW offshore wind farm being built in the Irish Sea, Liverpool Bay. (power-technology.com)
  • 1993. Radioisotopes of thirteen elements in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Irish Sea. (cdc.gov)
  • One drone flew within 50 meters of the Heidrun platform in the Norwegian Sea. (zerohedge.com)
  • Last week's bad news continued when it was revealed that another 100 North Sea jobs were to go when Schlumberger announced that it intended to shed 9,000 people across its organisation. (scotsman.com)
  • A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North Sea, including water from the Baltic Sea. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Baltic Sea region remains 'tense' between Russia and NATO, Danish Defense Minister Morten Bodskov said. (zerohedge.com)
  • The Last Interglacial (LIG) experienced substantial changes in seasonal insolation compared with the present day, which may have affected the hydrography and water-mass exchange in the North Sea and Baltic Sea region. (lu.se)
  • This can be attributed to lower GHG levels and enhanced water exchange of cooler, saline North Sea water into the Baltic Sea during the LIG. (lu.se)
  • Further, the temperature anomalies (LIG-PD) show significant inverse correlations with the precipitation-minus-evaporation (P-E) at the Baltic Sea entrance. (lu.se)
  • However, the P-E balance appears to have had minimal impact on salinity changes in the North Sea, the Baltic Proper, and the open sea area. (lu.se)
  • Our findings indicate that monthly surface and bottom water salinity anomalies of LIG-PI exhibit strong positive correlations with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) anomalies in the Baltic entrance region. (lu.se)
  • During the LIG, a more positive phase of the NAO index in autumn played a crucial role in wind-driven major inflows and led to more intensive water exchange in the North Sea-Baltic Sea region compared to the late Holocene. (lu.se)
  • Endemic only on Bornholm, an island in the Baltic Sea. (cdc.gov)
  • Dead zones in the Baltic Sea have grown to ten times their size over the last 115 years, according to a major study involving Lund University researchers. (lu.se)
  • While we have known that deeper parts of the Baltic Sea have a lack of oxygen, with our new approach we were able separate the effects of climate, saltwater inflows and nutrients", says Professor Conley. (lu.se)
  • The researchers developed a new method of using sparse data on oxygen concentrations to determine oxygen trends in the Baltic Sea over the last century. (lu.se)
  • Politicians from around the Baltic Sea must immediately implement the national reductions for nutrients that have been agreed upon in the Baltic Sea Action Plan. (lu.se)
  • If actions are postponed further, the situation in the Baltic Sea will continue to worsen," concludes Daniel Conley. (lu.se)
  • There have been few attempts to assess the sustainability of harvest of North American sea ducks, and no formal harvest strategy exists in the U.S. or Canada to guide management. (usgs.gov)
  • The North Sea is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide, with an area of 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi) and a volume of 54,000 cubic kilometres (13,000 cu mi). (wikipedia.org)
  • This 13,000-year-old skull fragment found in the North Sea is thought to have come from a hunter-gatherer woman between the ages of 22 and 45. (livescience.com)
  • Scientist have used radiocarbon analysis to date the fragment to around 13,000 years ago, making it the oldest piece of bone from an early modern human found in the North Sea. (livescience.com)
  • However, Mr van Beurden indicated sales of such assets formed part of routine house-keeping in the North Sea. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Graham Tran from the Unite Amicus union, which represents oil workers, said if Shell was no longer committed to the North Sea then it should sell up the rest of its assets. (bbc.co.uk)
  • This report comes as US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm alerted EU countries to increase security around energy assets, including LNG carriers en route to Europe. (zerohedge.com)
  • US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm was quoted by Bloomberg as saying following the ' apparent sabotage ' of NS1 and NS2 pipelines, EU nations must increase security around energy assets, that includes LNG carriers en route to Europe. (zerohedge.com)
  • BP has been focusing and refreshing its North Sea portfolio by bringing new fields into production, redeveloping and renewing existing producing facilities and divesting some of its more mature or less strategic assets," Thomas added. (bp.com)
  • North Korea fired four ballistic missiles early Monday morning in what Japan's leader described as "an extremely dangerous action. (cnn.com)
  • The Joint Chiefs of Staff said later Thursday it was examining the possibility that North Korea may have launched several ballistic missiles from the area, not just one. (militarytimes.com)
  • Due to the dense population, heavy industrialisation, and intense use of the sea and the area surrounding it, various environmental issues affect the sea's ecosystems. (wikipedia.org)
  • The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education and aims at assessing the current environmental state of the North Sea. (fona.de)
  • The project aims to contribute to a sustainable energy transition and the development of aquathermal energy systems in the North Sea Region, and provide a deeper understanding of the economic, social and environmental consequences of aquathermal energy development, and a fuller comprehension of the governance measures needed to stimulate a sustainable energy transition in the EU. (lu.se)
  • With melting sea ice and warming of the oceans, marine species change their distributions, affecting entire food chains and ocean productivity. (grida.no)
  • This campaign will be undertaken by N-Sea and Geoquip Marine and will involve the deployment of seabed borehole drilling, cone penetration testing (CPT) and vibrocores from survey vessels at specific locations within the NISA OWF and cable corridor area detailed below. (afloat.ie)
  • BP announced today it has doubled its interest in the Culzean development in the UK Central North Sea, following its acquisition of an additional 16% interest from JX Nippon. (bp.com)
  • This press release contains certain forward-looking statements concerning the Culzean development in the UK Central North Sea, including expected timing and production levels and estimated resources and concerning future production from Clair Ridge and Quad 204. (bp.com)
  • Military authorities in South Korea, Japan and the United States all confirmed the launch of four projectiles, which traveled almost 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. (cnn.com)
  • Experts say North Korea with its escalated testing activity and threats is trying to claim an ability to conduct nuclear strikes in South Korea and the U.S. mainland. (militarytimes.com)
  • The UK government had aligned on the North Sea Transition Deal, an agreement on how to support the oil and gas industry sectors in their energy transition. (iea.org)
  • Key commitments in the North Sea Transition Deal include joint government and oil and gas sector investment of up to £16 billion by 2030 to reduce carbon emissions. (iea.org)
  • Equinor is facing opposition from politicians and environmentalists as it develops the Rosebank oilfield as part of the UK's North Sea Transition deal for energy security. (oilandgaspeople.com)
  • however, their main participation will be collaborating with Delft University in the Netherlands on the topic of energy governance to promote the transition to greater aquathermal energy use in the North Sea Region. (lu.se)
  • The North Sea is an important region for BP where it expects to sustain a significant business for the long term. (bp.com)
  • For Total, the deal builds on its large existing presence in the North Sea and means it will become the second-largest exploration firm in the region, behind Norway's Statoil. (theweek.com)
  • Brent crude, the international oil price benchmark that sets prices in the North Sea region, was down 1.1 per cent to $52.13 a barrel, as traders took profits following a rally at the end of last week. (theweek.com)
  • This will be explored in a new EU Interreg North Sea Region project, WaterWarmth, which seeks to raise awareness about the possibilities of sustainable heating and cooling solutions based on aquathermal energy and integrate them into existing renewable energy systems across the North Sea region. (lu.se)
  • Together with the researchers from Delft University, they will collaborate to devise an analytical framework to examine largely bottom-up aquathermal system development processes, assess several existing or planned cases around the North Sea Region, as well as to coordinate and examine future visions of aquathermal energy development in the EU for coming decades. (lu.se)
  • We are excited to collaborate with other researchers and proponents of aquathermal energy system development around the North Sea Region to both promote and understand the technology's possibilities, says Barry Ness. (lu.se)
  • This forms the first stage in the development of the larger Dogger Bank Zone in the North Sea, which will involve the development of four more wind farms of 1.2GW each by 2020. (power-technology.com)
  • Speaking to CNN, a US official said a preliminary assessment found that North Korea launched a total of five extended-range SCUD missiles, one of which failed. (cnn.com)
  • Does the UK need more North Sea oil and gas extraction? (channel4.com)
  • Around 185 million people live in the catchment area of the rivers discharging into the North Sea encompassing some highly industrialized areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • The area north of the Wadden Islands is still largely virgin territory when it comes to wind measurements. (tno.nl)
  • This wider area forms an irregular shape spanning approximately 16km north-south and 25km east-west at its widest points. (afloat.ie)
  • It will be confined to the proposed NISA offshore wind farm area, which forms an irregular shape spanning 32km north-south and 14km east-west at its widest point. (afloat.ie)
  • In the north, deep fjords and sheer cliffs mark much of its Norwegian and Scottish coastlines respectively, whereas in the south, the coast consists mainly of sandy beaches, estuaries of long rivers and wide mudflats. (wikipedia.org)
  • The largest and most important rivers flowing into the North Sea are the Elbe and the Rhine - Meuse. (wikipedia.org)
  • When rivers meet the sea they often form estuaries like this one. (geolsoc.org.uk)
  • The fact that over 100 prisoners have absconded from North Sea Camp over the past decade demonstrates how easy it is. (ipetitions.com)
  • Due to the dramatic climate changes in the North Sea within the last decade, he now sees himself as an independent nature activist, nature cryptographer and climate protector. (bod.de)
  • In 2005 the subtropical dinoflagellate Ceratium hexacanthum was found in CPR samples from the North Sea at levels that were 6 standard deviations above previous measurements since 1958. (grida.no)
  • The finest material, mostly mud, may settle out to form mudflats or be carried further out to sea where it finally settles out in calmer water. (geolsoc.org.uk)
  • INVESTMENT: Ben van Beurden says Shell will pump billions into its North Sea concerns. (heraldscotland.com)
  • THE chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell has said the company will invest billions of dollars in the North Sea in coming years and signalled it has no major concerns about the prospect of Scotland voting for independence. (heraldscotland.com)
  • He said Shell welcomed the direction of the recommendations made in the recent review of the North Sea industry and related regulatory issues by oil services tycoon Sir Ian Wood. (heraldscotland.com)
  • The Dutch executive highlighted the oil products business and North American resources, such as shale, as areas where Shell needs to do better. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Shell and Esso have announced they are putting their joint interests in a number of North Sea oilfields up for sale. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Mr Botts said Shell remained committed to Europe and the North Sea. (bbc.co.uk)
  • As the north-east of Scotland nervously contemplates the risks the oil industry faces, the political ramifications are being felt at Holyrood and Westminster. (scotsman.com)
  • The Hanseatic League, the Dutch Republic, and the British each sought to gain command of the North Sea and access to the world's markets and resources. (wikipedia.org)
  • Part of a prehistoric human skull and a bison bone decorated with a zigzag pattern - dubbed the world's "oldest Dutchwoman" and "oldest Dutch artwork" - have been revealed by scientists in the Netherlands, in research that highlights a sunken treasure trove of human archaeology beneath the North Sea. (livescience.com)
  • Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopters for offshore transport services in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. (oilandgaspeople.com)
  • Oil giant BP said it had struck a deal to sell interests in two North Sea oil fields to Japanese firm Mitsui. (moneyweek.com)
  • Fortunes have been made and numerous lives lost since BP's Sea Gem rig struck gas in the West Sole Field in September 1965. (scotsman.com)
  • It expects to invest $10bn net over the next five years in the North Sea. (moneyweek.com)
  • BP today announced two new exploration discoveries in the North Sea. (bp.com)
  • DNO Norge, Longboat Energy, and Petoro have joined forces to establish a new licence group focused on advancing two exploration prospects in the North Sea. (oilandgaspeople.com)
  • In data provided to international authorities before the launch, North Korea said the rocket would fly south, with stages and other debris expected to fall over the Yellow Sea and into the Pacific Ocean. (voanews.com)
  • For several 100 years people had been seeking for a sea way north of the Atlantic along the Siberian cost to the Pacific Ocean. (lu.se)
  • However, the advent of new drilling technology prompted Texaco North Sea UK Co., the field operator, to take a fresh look at the project. (worldoil.com)
  • Texaco had long been aware of substantial oil and gas reserves held in Captain field, located in North Sea Block 13/22a. (worldoil.com)
  • It hosts key north European shipping lanes and is a major fishery. (wikipedia.org)
  • After the sale BP will still have a major interest in the North Sea with current production around 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. (moneyweek.com)
  • Under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan has made a major break from its self-defense-only post-World War II principle, adopting a new national security strategy in December that includes the goals of acquiring preemptive strike capabilities and cruise missiles to counter growing threats from North Korea, China and Russia. (militarytimes.com)
  • UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas company i3 Energy has started drilling an appraisal well in the North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig in a bid to find additional volumes of hydrocarbons beyond those encountered in the original discovery well. (oilandgaspeople.com)
  • Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has launched a review of the North Sea oil and gas industry, headed by Sir Ian Wood . (libdemvoice.org)
  • Norwegian energy group Norsk Hydro is to place giant floating wind turbines in the North Sea that will provide a reasonable, environmentally-friendly and economically feasible alternative to standard energy generation processes. (methodshop.com)
  • It's attractive to have windmills out at sea, out of sight of land, away from birds' migration routes," said Alexandra Bech Gjoerv, head of Hydro's New Energy division at a signing ceremony to develop floating wind turbine technology. (methodshop.com)
  • Noting the UK Government has launched a review of North Sea taxation, Mr Henry said: "The combination of the two, the regulatory development and the fiscal review we see as a great opportunity for the UK to maximise the remaining value. (heraldscotland.com)
  • To that end we are employing an extensive base of reliable, validated and georeferenced data from the southern North Sea collected during several decades of sampling. (awi.de)