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DOUG COOK ON NL'S OFFSHORE R&D: 1/3

February 17, 2012

This Speakers Series presentation by Doug Cook, CEO of Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador, was focused on collaborative research and development in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil and gas industry. Click Here to View Part 1 Read more.

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DOUG COOK ON NL'S OFFSHORE R&D: 2/3

February 17, 2012

This Speakers Series presentation by Doug Cook, CEO of Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador, was focused on collaborative research and development in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil and gas industry. Click Here to View Part 2. Read more.

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DOUG COOK ON NL'S OFFSHORE R&D: 3/3

February 17, 2012

This Speakers Series presentation by Doug Cook, CEO of Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador, was focused on collaborative research and development in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil and gas industry. Click Here to View Part 3. Read more.

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UNDERSTANDING eLEARNING IN MARITIME JOB TRAINING AND FAMILIARIZATION - PART 5

by wade on February 16, 2012

This is the fifth and final installment of a series of articles intended to cover eLearning in the maritime industry - what it is, what are its strengths and what are its limitations.  Part 1 of this series introduced eLearning, talking about what it is, and why it is important that anyone involved in maritime training should do their utmost to understand its strengths and limitations. Part 2 of the series discussed what research has shown us about the strengths of eLearning. Read more.

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CREATING OPPORTUNITY IN A HARSH CLIMATE

by wade on February 2, 2012

One of the most important things about the offshore oil industry is not the oil and the revenues, even though they made us a have province. But in the long term they are a by-product and the real leave-behind is the smart technology we develop. That technology, and the expertise behind it, can be exported. That premise extends into segments of other industries like offshore safety, navigation, shipping, and even into the fishing industry. It is not technology to harvest; it is smart technology to harvest intelligently.   Read more.