In May 2013 in response to this situation, Oil & Gas UK facilitated the creation of a scientifically-led, long-term environmental JIP aimed at improving scientific knowledge across all aspects of the ecosystem. In April 2014, eight energy company sponsors signed the JIP Agreement, marking the start of the programme. To demonstrate independence and transparency, the programme sponsors are committed to engage proactively with the broader stakeholder community of the North Sea and to make the findings available in the public domain.
To provide an overall synthesis of the scientific evidence relating to the influence of man-made...
The decommissioning of thousands of offshore installations at the end of their life is a...
Building on a number of recent UK-funded initiatives, DREAMS is a highly integrated project designed...
The North Sea is one of the most industrialised marine environments on the planet, with...
“Spillover effects” are a well-known benefit of marine protected areas but have not been studied...
A global demand for energy in parallel with concerns about global warming and energy security...
With more than 1300 energy-related structures (oil and gas platforms, wind turbines, cables) in the...
Anthropogenic structures are deployed in marine environments to support industrial activities such as energy production....
The first phase of the INSITE (Influence of man-made Structures In The Ecosystem) Programme evolved...
Man-made structures including rigs, pipelines, cables, renewable energy devices, and shipwrecks, offer hard substrate in...
Is there an influence of man-made structures on ecosystem structure and functioning at the scale...
The aim of this study is to investigate and model the species distribution and inter-connectivity...
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Installations of oil and gas platforms across the North Sea have introduced substantial amounts of...
In the North Sea the presence of man-made structures (MMS), such as oil platforms, has...
Abstract: Offshore man-made structures are rapidly expanding in the North Sea. Whereas artificial structures such as...
The effect of man-man structures on the marine ecosystem is likely to depend on the...
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