Decommissioning research needs for offshore oil and gas infrastructure in Australia

J Melbourne-Thomas, KR Hayes, AJ Hobday… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
When offshore oil and gas infrastructure is no longer needed, it is either removed, partially
removed, left in place, or left in place but repurposed. These processes are collectively …

From individuals to communities: Habitat complexity affects all levels of organization in aquatic environments

PR Soukup, J Näslund, J Höjesjö… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat complexity describes a wide array of spatial distribution patterns of physical
structures in habitats. It affects aquatic ecosystems on multiple levels from individuals (eg …

Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity

DL McLean, LC Ferreira, JA Benthuysen… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil
and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe, with many approaching …

Haven or hell? A perspective on the ecology of offshore oil and gas platforms

IS Fortune, AS Madgett… - PLOS Sustainability …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Offshore oil and gas platforms (OGP) have been installed worldwide and initially with limited
consideration given to the nature of their positive or negative long-term interactions with the …

Moving on up: Vertical distribution shifts in rocky reef fish species during climate‐driven decline in dissolved oxygen from 1995 to 2009

E Meyer‐Gutbrod, L Kui, R Miller… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change has resulted in warming temperatures and reduced oxygen
concentrations in the global oceans. Much remains unknown on the impacts of reduced …

Forecasting the legacy of offshore oil and gas platforms on fish community structure and productivity

EL Meyer‐Gutbrod, MS Love… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There are currently thousands of offshore platforms in place for oil and gas extraction
worldwide, and decommissioning efforts over the next three decades are estimated to cost …

Elevated fish densities extend kilometres from oil and gas platforms

JM Lawrence, DC Speirs, MR Heath, T Fujii, F Burns… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms have been installed throughout the world's
oceans and more structures are being installed as part of the transition to renewable energy …

Structure size may affect fish density around oil platforms

JM Lawrence, MR Heath, DC Speirs… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms have been installed worldwide and are known
to act as artificial reefs. Many platforms are nearing the end of their operational lives and will …

A typology of North Sea oil and gas platforms

JM Lawrence, PG Fernandes - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Since the commercial exploitation of marine oil and gas reserves began in the middle of the
twentieth century, extensive networks of offshore infrastructure have been installed globally …

[HTML][HTML] Colonisation of wave power foundations by mobile mega-and macrofauna–a 12 year study

A Bender, O Langhamer, J Sundberg - Marine Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental impacts from wave energy generators on the local mobile mega-and
macrofauna community have been investigated in the Lysekil project by Uppsala University …