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EIA Database

Drilling and operational sounds from an oil production island in the ice covered Beaufort Sea

2004
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Blackwell, S. B., Greene, C. R. and Richardson, W. B.

Recordings of sounds underwater and in air, and of iceborne vibrations, were obtained at Northstar Island, an artificial gravel island in the Beaufort Sea near Prudhoe...
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Keywords: Beaufort Sea, Drilling, Operations, Sound measurement

Quantitative assessment of the development of the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea

1996
Open Access Journal Article

ICES Journal of Marine Science

de Groot, S. J.

An overview is given of the development of the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea and the possible physical impact on the ecosystem...
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Keywords: Drilling, Hdyrocarbon industry, North Sea, Pipelines, Seismic exploration

Radiated Underwater noise measured from the drilling rig Ocean General, rig tenders Pacific Ariki and Pacific Frontier, Fishing vessel Reef Venture and natural sources in the Timor Sea, Northern Australia.

1998
Open Access Report

Shell Australia

McCauley, R.D.

Between the 21st and 23rd March 1998 measurements were made of the radiated underwater noise from the exploration drilling rig Ocean General, the rig tenders Pacific...
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Keywords: Australia, Drilling, Radiated noise, Rigs

Modelling Underwater Sound Associated with Scotian Basin Exploration Drilling Project: Acoustic Modelling Report.

2016
Open Access Report

JASCO Applied Sciences

Zykov, M. M.

Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec), by request from BP Canada Energy Group ULC (BP), has engaged JASCO Applied Sciences (JASCO) to perform acoustic field modelling of underwater...
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Keywords: Drilling, Modelling, Scotian basin, Underwater sound

Underwater sounds from the semi-submersible drill rig SEDCO 708 drilling in the Aleutian Islands

1986
Open Access Report

American Petroleum Institute

Greene, C.R.

Underwater sounds from the semisubmersible drilling rig SEDCO 708 were recorded during drilling operations in the Aleutians on 29 September 1982. The objective of the study,...
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Keywords: Drilling, Measurements, Semi-submersible

Effects of tones associated with drilling activities on bowhead whale calling rates

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

PLOS ONE

Blackwell, S. B., Nationes, C. S., Thode, A. M., Kauffman, M. E., Conrad, A. S., Norman, R. G. and Kim, K. H.

During summer 2012 Shell performed exploratory drilling at Sivulliq, a lease holding located in the autumn migration corridor of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), northwest of Camden...
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Keywords: Airgun, Bowhead whale, Drilling, Song