When the DeepCWind Consortium at the University of Maine launches the 1:8-scale VolturnUS into the Penobscot River this Friday and then takes it out to sea, it will mark the deployment of the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine in U.S. waters...
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Women fill nearly half of new oil industry jobs
The oil and gas business has been tapping unique groups to address its workforce crunch, turning rocket scientists into petroleum engineers and making high-powered executives out of Gen Xers.
Now another demographic is growing its footprint in the historically male-dominated industry.
Women scored nearly half of all new oil industry jobs during the first quarter of this year, according to Paul Caplan, president of Rigzone. It could signal a major turning point for an industry in which men make up about 80 percent of the workforce...
Interior moves ahead on offshore drilling safety institute – The Hill
The Interior Department is taking steps toward implementing its years-long plan to create an “Ocean Energy Safety Institute,” which officials say will provide an independent forum for collaboration and research to improve offshore drilling safety...
Warner and Kaine introduce offshore drilling bill
Sen. Kaine doesn’t expect White House veto of Atlantic offshore …
The White House also has said it won't budge on offshore drilling, even to get one of the president's energy goals — a so-called “Energy Security Trust” — off the ...
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