Sentence examples for occur offshore from inspiring English sources

Shoreline oiling could be extensive, but much of the ecological impact would occur offshore.

About 84% of the estimated resources are expected to occur offshore, says the USGS in figures which the Russians argue hugely underestimate the contribution from their continental shelf.

More broadly, litigators working on cases involving offshore commercial entities ought to pay close attention to whether any conduct or decisions occur offshore.

In South America Band-rumped Storm-Petrels may occur offshore off the northern Atlantic coast of the continent, and these are of unknown form.

Murders regularly occur offshore — thousands of seafarers, fishermen or sea migrants die under suspicious circumstances annually, maritime officials say — but culprits are rarely held accountable.

"If ownership is via an offshore structure it is often difficult to know where the money is coming from, and the financial relationships which might occur offshore, which could be a potential risk for sporting integrity.

Delaware and Nevada have passed laws legalizing Internet betting, which also occurs offshore, untaxed and unregulated.

And the fact that the quake occurred offshore should also help limit the destruction.

But when the earthquake, which occurred offshore, released the tension, the land jumped back to the east.

About a third of the world's oil production occurs offshore, he said, and by 2015, that share could be half.

Results from a country-scale assessment of CO2 storage potential suggest that South Africa has a theoretical storage capacity of ∼150 Gt, of which 98% occurs offshore in Mesozoic sedimentary basins preserved on the submerged continental shelf.