Oil Industry Using Underwater Acoustics to Protect Cetaceans

OGP: Association of Oil and Gas Producers, based in London, England.
JIP: Joint Industry Programme
E&P: Exploration and Production

http://www.soundandmarinelife.org/ - an OGP web site

The members of the OGP are listed here.

The OGP is planning to spend approximately $8 Million per year over the next 3 to 5 years researching the effects of oil industry underwater sounds on marine life, e.g., the very loud seismic detonations.

Here are some of the whale enthousiasts, researchers, underwater acoustic hardware and software manufacturers, and hard-hat oil contractors involved in underwater cetacean acoustics:

http://www.sml-uk.co.uk/towed.htm

http://www.seamap.com/environmental_cetacean.html

http://ecologicuk.co.uk/

http://www.projectminke.com/

http://www.orcanetwork.org/

http://www.pamguard.org/ - open source C program on sourceforge.net performing passive cetacean acoustic analysis - appears to be well done. TODO evaluate

http://www.oceanear.com/ - underwater acoustics systems for the marine oil industry. Part of WGP, an independent British seismic contractor. Aka. Marine Geophysical Services.