Essay about Drilling for Oil in The Gulf of Mexico

Oil is a very important fossil fuel that is used for various sources of energy. Oil supplies power to industries, fuel for transportation, heat for buildings, and provides raw material for plastics, paints, textiles, and other materials (hybrid cars). To access this fossil fuel, oil drilling is used. Land-based oil drilling became less productive and as the global stipulation for energy increased, technology, law, and geology impacts stepped in and pushed the exploration of oil away from shores (CITE)

Oil and Gas Reservoir and Traps Since the mass of oil and gas are less than the rocks, the oil and gas formed in the deep source rock always migrate upwards, trying to reach the surface and seeps out into land or water. After the oil and gas formed in the source rock, the pressure applied on the rock tried to squeeze out the oil out of rock and move upwards, they could travel along any pathways such as open faults and fractures. Therefore, eventually oil and gas stop travelling and reserved in what

As offshore drilling was a new industry, regulations had to develop at the same time the industry developed. Unfortunately regulations were usually enacted and enforced after accidents had already occurred. Analyzing the development of the offshore oil industry in comparison to the process of regulating its operations will show the international, national, and local processes involved in attempting to balance the economic benefits with the environmental risks involved. An applicable example for showing

Offshore Oil Drilling 1 The Time Has Come For More Offshore Oil Drilling [pic] Figure 1 shows what a typical offshore oil rig looks like. http://jonesact.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/oilrig.jpg Bryce D. Cates EPD 155 Sec 3 “Research Project” April 15, 2010 Offshore Oil Drilling 2 To: Paul Ross From: Bryce D. Cates Date: April 15, 2010 Subject: Cover Memo What do we do to obtain oil to meet the needs of Americans without having

of its worst oil spill disasters in the history of marine petroleum exploration. A deadly oil well blowout at Macondo Prospect, about 41 miles off the southeast coast of Louisiana, spewed huge quantities of oil for 87 long days causing major environmental and economic troubles to the Gulf region ("Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill"). It started with a fire and explosion, killing 11 workers, and then unleashed a slow motion disaster that spread across the 600 mile gulf coastline. The massive oil spill disrupted

During World War II, the Gulf of Mexico was the main area for offshore drilling (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). Since most of these were wells were shallow waters, mostly 200 feet or less, were drained of all oil, many organizations moved to deeper waters. However, there are problems that come along with deep water drilling, such as not knowing how to operate and drill at that specific depth. The United States government says that a deep water well is anything 500 feet or more (Crandall et

The topic I want to use for case study is “Deepwater Horizon oil spill” in 2010, which is also called “Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010”. It is the largest marine oil spill in the history, it caused approximately 41 miles (66 kilometers) leakage off the coast of Louisiana, and its subsequent sinking on April 22. The Deepwater Horizon rig is owned and operated by offshore-oil-drilling company Transocean and leased by oil company BP. After leakage accident, BP company has agreed to pay $175 m to settle

The 20th of April 2010 will be marked as the worst day in British Petroleum PLC’s history, the day that there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig whilst drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and causing devastation to all the surrounding areas. The events of this day affected the global markets and relationships between countries substantially. ¹Daniels et al. (2009) states that globalisation is “The broadening set of interdependence relationships among people from

life? Some people do, and when people are offshore drilling they can cause a lot of problems if something goes wrong. The biggest concern by environmentalist is not a spill, but the pollution of the air and water, damage to the ocean bottom and debris that washes ashore from day-to-day operations of oil and gas rigs. Oil Drilling can lead to jobs being endangered, animals dying, and damaging the eco system. So many animals are dying because of the oil in the water. Proofread to- Government wildlife

consumptions of oil have led to increased prices of gasoline whereby alternative forms of energy production are sought. With this in mind, offshore drilling can be a viable option for satiating the need of oil and also to boost the economy of the nation. In this report, I am going to discuss how the current Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has led to disastrous oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico causing environmental problems and also discuss how the oil spill if resolved and with safe and secure drilling techniques