Category: News

SOTEAG: Cunningsburgh Show Wednesday 9th August 2017

Martin August 2, 2017 No Comments

SOTEAG will be represented at Cunningsburgh Show this year! Come along to Cunningsburgh Show on Wednesday 9th August and visit SOTEAG’s stall. You will have the opportunity to try your [...]

Shetland News: Wildlife sanctuary marks 30th birthday by launching fundraiser to secure future

Martin May 12, 2017 No Comments

THE HILLSWICK Wildlife Sanctuary is marking 30 years of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing seals and otters back into the wild and launching a bid to secure its long-term future. The [...]

SOTEAG: New Seabird Monitor 2017

Martin April 21, 2017 No Comments

SOTEAG welcomes its new seabird monitor, Will Miles. Will Miles will be shadowing SOTEAG’s current seabird monitor Martin Heubeck for 1 year. Following this crucial hand over Will Miles will [...]

BBC Radio Shetland: Beyond the Briggistanes – A SOTEAG Special!

Martin February 24, 2017 No Comments

A SOTEAG special. This year, 2017, marks the 40th anniversary of the Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group which has helped keep the islands’ clean and relatively uncontaminated despite being [...]

Press and Journal: Transport Minister marks £7 million refurbishment of Shetland airport

Martin February 22, 2017 No Comments

The revamped Sumburgh Airport was officially opened yesterday by Transport Minister Humza Yousaf. Work at the Shetland airport has been carried out over the last three years and has includes [...]

SOTEAG: New Oil Spill Sensitivity Maps 2016

Martin November 25, 2016 No Comments

The 2016 update for the Sullom Voe and Yell Sound oil spill sensitivity maps is complete. There have been a number of updates and improvements to the maps, and the [...]

BBC News: Production restarts at BP Clair Platform after leak

Martin October 28, 2016 No Comments

Production has restarted from a BP platform off Shetland from which oil leaked earlier this month. An estimated 95 tonnes of oil was released into the water from the Clair [...]

BBC News: BP’s Clair oil platform shut down after leak

Martin October 3, 2016 No Comments

BP has shut down one of its oil platforms, about 75km to the west of Shetland, because of a leak. Oil was released into the water from the Clair platform [...]

New position: SOTEAG Seabird Officer

Martin June 1, 2016 No Comments

The SOTEAG (Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group) is seeking to employ a Seabird Monitor who will be responsible for the delivery of an annual, year round and Shetland-wide seabird [...]

Heriot-Watt University: Oil-hungry bacteria could clean up the next big oil spill

Martin May 16, 2016 No Comments

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have cracked the genetic code of the marine bacteria that helped ‘eat’ the oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, information that could aid clean-up efforts [...]

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