#oil platforms

[quotesfrommyreading]

Biologists in general, and the people who study platform wildlife in particular, often argue over whether a specific habitat feature (in this case an oil platform) actually increases the population of a species or whether it simply acts as a meeting place for creatures that would otherwise gather somewhere else.

Love began to think of ways to investigate whether platforms were aggregating or actually producing more fish. “When you see 150,000 baby bocaccio rockfish at a platform, it looks like a good nursery ground. But if you pull out the platform, would the drifting larvae find another reef to shelter in?”

If yes, then the platform would be superfluous as far as the rockfish are concerned.

Love and his team began looking at ocean currents. A collaborator created a computer model that could reflect prevailing weather patterns and added in the drifting bocaccio larvae. A lot of them hit the platform. Then Love’s team removed the platform from the model and watched the rockfish drift again. They assumed that bocaccio carried inshore would find their usual nursery sites and survive, while those that drifted out to sea—where there are few natural surfaces to provide shelter and food—would die. Over a three-year period, Love’s team concluded that 70 percent of the juveniles would die if the platform were removed.

“This doesn’t mean it’s true for all platforms, all species,” he cautions. “But it lends credence that maybe these platforms are pretty good nursery grounds. And if that’s true, then it’s very hard to argue that platforms are not helping to produce fish.”

  —  Oil Rigs Are a Refuge in a Dying Sea

#oil rigs are a refuge in a dying sea #sasha chapman #milton love #science #marine biology #marine life #animals #environmentalism #ecology #novel ecosystems #wildlife conservation #fish #rockfish #bocaccio rockfish #reefs #artificial reefs #oil platforms

[kobikiyama]

@Calpas_oishiiii

#asian cutie #asian beauty #asian girl #platform heels #platform shoes #curvy girls #pure forms #oiled #cutie #beauty

[talos-stims]

oil rig in the middle of the ocean at night | source

#talos gifs #stim gifs #stim #industrial #oil rig #machinery #oil platform #yellow #white #black #hands free #night #dark #voidcore #ocean #water #heights #ask 2 tag #favetag #gif ids #id in alt

[isbergillustration]

Thinking about that short story about egg laying oil platforms again...

#illustration #artists on tumblr #acrylic painting #painting #my art #from Miéville's 3 moments of an explosion collection i think? either way #I clearly don't know what an oil platform looks like despite being norwegian (im from the east in my defence) but lets not get hung up on i #org4sale prints up etc

[fanficsforheartandsoul]

141!Reader: Dare

Soap to Reader: I dare you to-

Captain Price: Ah! Nu-uh! None of that.

Ghost: Y/N isn't allowed to accept dares, Shepherd's orders.

Reader, sighing: Apparently I have "no regard for my personal safety".

#Soap; aweee come on. #Reader whispering: What's the dare Johnny? #Soap: I would've dared you to jump down the oil platform #Reader: alright bet #reader: *proceeds to jump* #Soap: Y/N NO- #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare II #cod incorrect quotes #modern warfare II incorrect quotes #simon riley #ghost #john price #captain price #general sheperd #soap #john mctavish #reader #gender neutral reader #fem reader #male reader #special forces reader #taskforce 141 #141 reader #soldier reader

[supplyside]

BP Valhall Flank West, North Sea

#BP #British Petroleum #Valhall #North Sea #oil production #production platform #energy #infrastructure

[meirimerens]

you know that one "americans describing anything be like Imagine A Burger" i've been listening to documentaries in french in the background & you would not believe how many times i've heard "[thing] weighs [weight]/[thing] is [x] tall, or approximately [y] times the the Eiffel Tower"

#did you know the Deepwater Horizon oil rig platform weighed over 33.000 tons; or 4.5 times the weight of the eiffel tower. #neigh (blabbers)

[corvidist]

Witnesses' Waltz - Vandenberg, 2024

Showed up an hour early and waited for four hours, the launch was pushed back to the end of the window and the weather was getting worse. Decided to leave because everyone was hungry and we'd been in such a rush to get to the little parking lot where you could get this view that we hadn't gotten any food. Thought it would be scrubbed but it, uh, wasn't.

#photography #california #rocket #rocket launch #space #spacecraft #spaceship #falcon 9 #vandenberg #central coast #amtrak #train #surfliner #oil rig #oil platform #science

[kundst]

Cornelis Kloos (Dutch 1895-1976)

Women waiting on a platform in Paris (1933)

Oil on canvas (80 x 60.5 cm)

#cornelis kloos #dutch art #1933 #train station #train platform #oil painting #fashion #travelling #art #thirtees

[lies]

Sometimes when I'm birdwatching

#sometimes when i’m birdwatching #things that aren’t birds #santa barbara channel #oil platform #sunset #pelagic birding

[quotesfrommyreading]

[Milton] Love emphasizes that there is nothing magical about platforms. They are large and span the entire water column, which makes it more likely for larvae to hit a platform than a natural reef. Fish can also migrate down the structure and into deeper water as they grow. In a shallower, natural reef habitat, they would have to leave the safety of their nursery grounds and strike out into the open water in search of a deeper reef as they mature. The structures are also complex, and complexity of a hard substrate is “associated with marine habitats that have high abundance and diversity of fishes,” as a 2014 research article noted in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The article (which Love contributed to) makes a compelling case for the productivity of California’s oil platforms—measured not in the number of barrels pumped but the number of fish a platform might sustain. When the authors compared square meter to square meter, a platform could be as much as 27.4 times more productive than a natural rocky reef located at a similar depth in the same area. The oil platforms reviewed in the paper are, they conclude, among the most productive fish habitats in the world.

The fact that these platforms were never intended to be biologically productive seems irrelevant. Their success, argue the authors, provides us with “insight into what drives high rates of fish production for both natural and artificial habitats.” Surely this seems especially pertinent now, they say, in an era when “human activities are threatening fish populations on natural reefs globally.” Understanding how these artificial reefs work could be “critical,” say the scientists, “in terms of conservation of marine resources.”

 —  Oil Rigs Are a Refuge in a Dying Sea

#oil rigs are a refuge in a dying sea #sasha chapman #milton love #science #marine biology #marine life #animals #environmentalism #ecology #novel ecosystems #oceanology #wildlife conservation #fish #reefs #artificial reefs #oil platforms

[zoanzon]

As of the end of E7...

Wow, I uh...yeah I wasn't expecting all of that. Curious if somehow Cameron Coleman (ie Tucker Carlson-lite) somehow caused Polarity's medical issue? And goddamn, was not expecting Emma to make the choice(s) she did there, holy shit.

(And guess we know who the benefactor is and why. Curious how that'll tie to how Marie reacts in E8.)

And lastly, I love (/s) that the show has essentially made it a point that Rufus dying in E1 as collateral or something would've actively made things better. Fuck, here's to hoping Sam can get anti-redpilled.

#the show delving into 'supe supremacy' v 'we have been at war for decades and this is our chance to fight back' was a bit of an abrupt pivot #at least into direct spotlight #but i'm curious where the fuck s4 of the boys is gonna take this spark and how it's gonna become a fucking oil platform wildfire #is the show gonna have a defusement at some point? or we legit gonna get a civil war of sorts? #the monkey speaks #liveblog tag #gen v #gen v spoilers #gen v amazon

[spearxwind]

Andjfj about the job post: I once got an extensive email about how I would be a perfect fit for an oil platform.

I have an animation degree.

The key word here being "EXTENSIVE" ..... girl.....

#well? go to the oil platform. youre banished #i wish I would be invited to work at an oil platform. take me to sea so i can never return #ask #anon

[hshouse]

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#taylor’s roll put #has me thinking sooooo much about H’s whole pr/brand/strategy #and my thoughts have been like falling into place #and it’s just very frustrating #to me bc her absolute MASTERY of building her brand #makes hshq’s mess #even more messy for me #there are MANY points to bring #but the one I am thinking tonight #is how she operates on an even bigger platform so she is one of the few ppl I think are proper to compare H to #and she shows how you can have absolutely crafted to the tee strategies where almost nothing is spontanous and everything is planned and $$ #is front and center and YET feel personal and intimate and like she is our buddy and that we know her and she knows us and she likes us #the reason given for H’s distant persona is privacy but what this comparison shows is that you can get privacy without giving up warmth #harry on stage is such a drastic contrast to every other imput we have from him/his brand its kinda jarring #but it doesnt HAVE TO BE THIS WAY and he doesn’t need to sacrifice privacy to still craft a warmer closer persona. thats what I have been #thinking tonight. like I know 98% of you don’t follow or even like her. but trust ME when I say that being a fan of both its like oil #and water when it comes to how their public persona is. i genuinely feel like I know her. I DONT!! but thats what I feel. and I only feel li #I know H bc I am a super fan. but thats not what his brand portrays. also and this point is more nuanced so bear w me. there is an element #that comes from this brand of Cool and Private that i KNOW is completely inaccurate like I would put my hand on the fire over this but #hshq OFTEN puts out things or implies it that H is Cool and Different and would not like want to hang out w normal ppl that are not Cool #which one I don’t care if it is true and two I dont think it is true but its something that doesnt sit well w ppl. taylor has a persona that #seems like even tho she is a trillionaire she would still sit on your couch and drunk your grocery store wine and talk about dumb shit #this is largely because of ppl like fucking KID HARPOON who are into makinng harry seem like a weird etheral being and not just. a dude #but anyway. i think this is not great. and outside of this corner MANY ppl are fans of both like me. and this is v noticeable even if ppl #dont articulate it like this. and I think he is gonna have to pivot this strategy. i just hope they do it before ppl get more annoyed #and start being even meaner to him than they already are

[supplyside]

Transocean Winner aground on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland

#Transocean #Winner #offshore drilling platform #drilling platform #oil drilling #exploration #oil #energy #Scotland #infrastructure

[nnctales]

Monel Sheathing: Enhancing Corrosion Resistance in Offshore Structures

Offshore structures face a myriad of challenges, with one of the most formidable being the corrosive forces unleashed by the marine environment. In the relentless battle against corrosion, engineers and designers turn to innovative solutions, and one material that has proven its mettle in this arena is Monel. This nickel-copper alloy, celebrated for its exceptional corrosion resistance, finds a…

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#Corrosion #Drilling Rif #Jacket Structure #marine environment #Monel Sheathing #Offshore Structures #Oil Platform #Pipelines #Platform #process platform