Agreement for the safety of hydrocarbon extraction offshore platforms

June 7, 2018

The Polytechnic of Turin and the General Directorate for Environmental Safety and Safety of Mining and Energy (DGS-UNMIG) of the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) today signed an agreement for the foundation of the "SEASTAR Competence Center - Sustainable Energy Applied Sciences, Technology and Advanced Research", a multidisciplinary center that will carry out studies, research and technological innovation in the field of safety, including environmental safety, of plants for research and cultivation of hydrocarbons at sea.

The primary objective of the Center, which will be esatblished within the Environmental Park of Turin, will be the development of applied research projects and technology transfer to companies, but also of training activities on technologies and dissemination of multidisciplinary skills towards the territory, to stimulate growth in the offshore safety sector.