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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2005-UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN: University embarks on deep sea environmental project for BP(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Oceanlab, the University of Aberdeen's leading centre for oceanography, has won a major contract with BP to begin work on an innovative deep-sea environmental monitoring platform.
DELOS or Deep-ocean Environmental Long-term Observatory System will give the multi-national company an insight into a marine environment it is increasingly entering, but where knowledge of the biology is poorly understood.
Oceanlab - which is providing the methodology and technology for the project - has received GBP482,000 of funding for the first year of the GBP832,000 proposal that aims to deliver the first DELOS to Angola in 2007.
DELOS will comprise two ocean floor platforms - which will be serviced periodically by remote operated vehicle - which will monitor the deep ocean...
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