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 …

Offshore decommissioning horizon scan: Research priorities to support decision-making activities for oil and gas infrastructure

SM Watson, DL McLean, BJ Balcom… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thousands of oil and gas structures have been installed in the world's oceans over the past
70 years to meet the population's reliance on hydrocarbons. Over the last decade, there has …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Spawning aggregation of bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus, highlights the ecological importance of oil and gas platforms

AS Madgett, ES Harvey, D Driessen… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in understanding the ecological benefits of oil and gas structures.
This is the first reported case of the spawning aggregation and mating behaviour of bigeye …

Acoustic telemetry around Western Australia's oil and gas infrastructure helps detect the presence of an elusive and endangered migratory giant

PG Thomson, R Pillans, FRA Jaine… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Subsea infrastructure of the oil and gas industry attracts commercial fish species as well as
megafauna including sea lions, turtles, sharks and whales. Potential impacts of this …

A comparison of PAH exposure in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) around natural and artificial reefs in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

TJ Nicholson, EL Pulster, SA Murawski… - Continental Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) are an important fishery resource in the Gulf
of Mexico (GoM) and are found in abundance around artificial (eg oil and gas platforms) and …

Fish aggregations at oil and gas platform foundations in the North Sea

B Ibanez‐Erquiaga, H Baktoft, T Wilms… - Fisheries …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, aging offshore oil and gas (O&G) platforms face resource depletion, and
regulations often demand platform removal through decommissioning. In the North Sea,>€ …

Spatial and temporal influences of nearshore hydrography on fish assemblages associated with energy platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico

RT Munnelly, DB Reeves, EJ Chesney, DM Baltz - Estuaries and Coasts, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In 2013–2014, remote video and diver surveys documented fish assemblages
around 150 small oil platforms in nearshore federal waters off the entire Louisiana coast (≤ …

Trophic ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus on natural and artificial reefs: interactions between annual variability, habitat, and ontogeny

RA Brewton, CH Downey, MK Streich, JJ Wetz… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
In the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), oil and gas platforms have created an expansive network of
artificial reefs. Generally, policies mandate removal of these structures post-production; …

Importance of depth and artificial structure as predictors of female Red Snapper reproductive parameters

NJ Brown‐Peterson, RT Leaf… - Transactions of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus is a structure‐associated species
occurring across a wide depth range in the northern Gulf of Mexico. We used the random …