BP has shut down one of its oil platforms, about 75km to the west of Shetland, because of a leak. Oil was released into the water from the Clair platform…
SMRU are seeking to appoint a post-doctoral research fellow for a period of one year. The successful candidate with be based in the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) within the School…
Congratulations to Martin Huebeck, SOTEAG’s resident seabird monitoring officer, who has recently published an article in the journal Seabird. Huebeck, M., Mellor, R.M., Gear, S., and Miles, W.T.S. 2015. Population and…
Production at newly opened gas fields in Shetland could meet 100 per cent of Scotland’s average gas demand, analysts have claimed. Natural gas began flowing from the Laggan-Tormore fields earlier…
Springer have recently published an ebook titled Oil Pollution in the North Sea (Editor: Angela Carpenter) as part of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry series. The book offers a review of…
Blue-chip companies, including Shell and BP, have given their strong support for the adoption of a new global climate agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference this December in Paris.…
Two, 3 month internships are being offered by the MASTS Oil and Gas Forum in conjunction with CEFAS in Lowestoft. Each internship is being offered with a stipend of £3k. One…
The Sullom Voe Association Ltd has recently purchased a RIB on behalf of SOTEAG in order to facilitate the ornithological monitoring programme. For more information on the monitoring programmes please…
The seas of Shetland are critical to the economy of the island and are exploited both for fossil fuel production and processing and for aquaculture and fisheries. Great effort is…
