Drilling rig

Then, Phillip Petroleum decided to drill other exploration well. The well 2/4-2 which before known as well 2/4-1AX, was started drilling near blow out 2/4-1 well with the same drilling rig, drilling supervisor and well site geologist. These two wells (well 2/4-1 and well 2/4-2) were located one kilometre from each other (Carstens H., 2011). The drilling was continued for more than a month, and the well did not found any oil under high pressure at shallow depth as the first well had done.…

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, located in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and injuring 17.The oil rig was operated by the British oil company ,British Petroleum, also known as BP. The results from the accident were devastating as approximately seventeen workers were injured and eleven died . The explosion caused oil pipes to burst and spill thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and the incident has since turned into one of the worst environmental…

foreign oil imports in the past decade by nearly 60 percent. Despite the harmful effects drilling for oil has on the environment, and wildlife there are still many reason the U.S continues to import. Considering oil has been the back bone to the world’s economy for decades, we need to take control by putting regulations on all oil drilling globally. Altogether the world needs recognize the detrimental effects drilling for oil has on are ecosystem, wildlife, and depleting oil reserves. Oil has…

In their Selkie form they stayed relatively safe in the sea, but in their human body, they were in jeopardy as much as any other man on the platform deck. Nothing stopped the flow of crude oil from beneath the ocean floor, no storm would stop this rig from producing over 20,000 barrels a day. This platform which came in second, only to ones in the Buzzard oil field. Adaira finished her work shift and started out the door of her workspace when Jamie the head geologist stopped her.…

Guard (USCG). This conflict hinders the ability of BOEMRE to conduct unannounced inspections. “The USCG regulates certain activities of mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) and floating installations operating on the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The USCG also oversees the safety of systems at the platform level of a MODU, as opposed to the sub-platform drilling and production systems overseen by the BOEM/Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Both US Department of Interior (DOI) and…

Fracturing, also known as fracking, has been debated as being an irresponsible technique for oil and natural gas recovery from shale beds in the earth. Some environmentalists have made claims that hydraulic fracturing practices employed by oil and gas drilling companies have caused ground water contamination, leakage of methane gas into the atmosphere, and even claims that fracking can increase the chance of an earthquake taking place (Loki 8). An industry so large as oil and gas that can have…

Dear Congressman, After researching the production of oil, in regards to offshore drilling I have found that the oil rigs are creating a vast amount of negative externalities, which is leading to inefficiencies in the economy. Offshore drilling is greatly associated with the amount of risk and as technology advances it has allowed companies to operate in even deeper waters, which allows the major companies to explore further out into the ocean. Past oil spills, along with the assumption of…

house. Five generations of their family have lived in the same house and swam, fished and played in the same streams. The family is no longer capable of those things because of Hydraulic fracking. Hydraulic Fracking or “fracking” is a process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas. Water, sand, and chemicals are injected into…

Chevron/Texaco is responsible for one of the worst toxic chemical spills ever. Oil and drilling byproducts were dumped into the area near the city of Nueva Loja over a span of 21 years, resulting in many environmental and health problems. It all started with oil drilling in the Lago Agrio Oil Fields of Ecuador. After their establishment in Ecuador in 1964, the Texaco oil rigs began wreaking havoc on the local communities. (Amazon Watch, 2013). Texaco, as well as the prominent Gulf Oil…

oil industry but unfortunately failed two times before moving to Texas in 1926. Despite being put down and discouraged by geologists, Joiner was sure of the possibility of the oil deposits east of the Dallas area. In 1930 he began drilling using a very flimsy pine rig and worn out, battered tools. Out of his three well sites, two were unfortunately unsuccessful which made his associates and himself deeper in debt. However, on their third well site…