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On-line Interactive GIS Map Platform: An Enabling Initiative for the Emerging Tidal Energy Industry

April 2015 – April 2016

A proof-of-concept Geographic Information System (GIS) platform was developed aiming at building a decision-making tool that integrates complex spatial information of importance to the tidal energy industry while also being scalable, flexible and accessible. The platform was built on open source

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Geochemistry and Microbiology in Seep Prospecting

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Dr. Martin Fowler during sampling for the Morocco project

Image courtesy of Dr. Martin Fowler.

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Dr. Martin Fowler

Senior Geochemist, Applied Petroleum Technology (Canada)

OERA-funded projects: Piston Coring Geochemistry Program and Morocco-Nova Scotia Conjugate Margin Program

A chance encounter at a summer job during his studies toward a BSc in chemistry and geochemistry helped Martin Fowler find the exact intersection of chemistry and geology best suited to him.

Biome Renewables project Sahra Skripsky, Dr. Sue Molloy, Simon Herbinger

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Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials

Because there’s not yet a standardized, optimal way of extracting power from tidal currents, many tidal industry technologies are currently being tested around the world. The Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials project used Canada’s largest university aquatic research facility – Dalhousie University’s Aquatron – to demonstrate the potential of a new hydrokinetic tidal turbine design.

Image courtesy of Saint Mary's University.

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Christopher Sangster

M.Sc. student, Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University

Time spent as a child on the beaches of his home province instilled in Chris Sangster a natural curiosity about his surroundings. “My interest in geology began when I was quite young,” he says. “My parents and I spent a lot of time exploring the beaches around Nova Scotia and collecting interesting rocks and sometimes fossils which we would come across.”

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Upcoming News & Events

Are there Active Petroleum Systems in the Central North Atlantic, deep water offshore Nova Scotia and Morocco?

OERA Energy Update - May 26, 2020

Geochemistry and Microbiology in Seep Prospecting

Dr. Martin Fowler

Senior Geochemist, Applied Petroleum Technology (Canada)

Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials

Christopher Sangster

M.Sc. student, Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University