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 in the United States. Consequences of the development of the Goose Creek field included an economic boom and associated influx of workers, the founding and fast growth of Baytown, and the building of the adjacent Baytown Refinery, which is now the 2nd largest oil refinery in the United States with a capacity of 584,000 barrels per day.[1] The field remains active, having produced over 150 million barrels (24,000,000 m3) of oil in its 100-year history.[2][3]-

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 in the United States. Consequences of the development of the Goose Creek field included an economic boom and associated influx of workers, the founding and fast growth of Baytown, and the building of the adjacent Baytown Refinery, which is now the 2nd largest oil refinery in the United States with a capacity of 584,000 barrels per day.[1] The field remains active, having produced over 150 million barrels (24,000,000 m3) of oil in its 100-year history.[2][3]-

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The Goose Creek field is also the first place where subsidence of overlying terrain was attributed to the removal of oil from underneath.[4] On the Goose Creek field, subsidence has damaged houses, roads, and businesses, and much of the oil field that was on land in the early years of its development is now submerged in Tabbs Bay. Subsidence-induced motion along faults on the field also caused the only earthquake of local origin ever felt in the Houston area.[5]- George

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By Remy Melina | May 28, 2010 03:06pm ET

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Offshore Platform Holly, South Ellwood Field, CA.Credit: doe.govThe Gulf of Mexico oil leak has fired up arguments against offshore drilling. After decades of heated debate, this incident shed light on its dangers and impact on the environment.Offshore drilling, the process of extracting oil and gas resources from underwater locations, including lakes, has been conducted at increasingly deeper and farther off shore sites in recent years, as shallow fossil fuel reserves and near-shore drilling locations have become exhausted.AdvertisementBut with deeper drilling depths comes increased danger including higher risks of accidents, spills and fires, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)."Big Oil has perpetuated a dangerous myth that coastline drilling is a completely safe endeavor, but accidents like this are a sober reminder just how far that is from the truth," said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez in a press statement. "The fact is that 509 oil rig fires have broken out in the Gulf of Mexico since 2006."Why is it so dangerous?One reason for this increased danger is the complex equipment needed to drill at such depths. As offshore drilling continues to be pushed to new depths, with oil companies continuously drilling in deeper waters and penetrating further underground, the technology needed to achieve these feats is extremely complex and not entirely invincible.This is a pretty frigging complex system, said Robert Bea, an engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in an interview with Yale Environment 360, a publication of Yale University. You've got equipment and steel strung out over a long piece of geography starting at surface and terminating at 18,000 feet below the sea floor. So it has many potential weak points. Just as Katrina's storm surge found weaknesses in those piles of dirt the levees gas likes to find weakness in anything we connect to that source.Another reason for the danger is the harsh offshore environments that pose engineering challenges to offshore drilling equipment. Severe weather, ice and storms pose risks to the functionality of the rigs, and their distance from land make it harder for additional rescue personnel to promptly reach the areas in emergency situations.The inexperience of oil companies at operating at these depths is a third issue.BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles acknowledged that many of his company's efforts to stop the oil leak failed because they had never had to plug a well at such depths and were therefore unprepared for the conditions that foiled their attempts including ice formation inside of the original containment dome due to freezing deep water temperatures.The Deepwater Horizon oil rig had drilled the world's deepest offshore well before it exploded and sank on April 20, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Deepwater Horizon drilled the well to 35,055 feet (10 kilometers) or more than six miles, operating in 4,130 feet (1 kilometer) of water, according to BP.The first rig to attempt such depths, the well's pipes had been cemented for only 20 hours before the rig went up in flames, according to oil services contractor Halliburton Inc."The bottom line is that when you drill for oil, there is always a risk that not only puts lives on the line, but a risk that puts miles of coastline and the economy on the line as well," Menendez said.Drilling plans and drilling bansIn the beginning of May, Chevron Canada started drilling what could now become the world's deepest offshore oil well, and planned to reach a depth of one kilometer deeper than the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig. However, the drilling project was put on hold by Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board until the company can provide evidence that it has taken sufficient preventative measures against oil spills.On March 31, President Obama had announced the end of a decades-old ban on oil and gas drilling along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast and in northern Alaska. The lifted ban was aimed at increasing the United States' energy independence and reducing foreign imports so that it would not need to rely so heavily on other countries for energy supplies. The U.S. Atlantic coast could hold as much as 37 trillion cubic feet of gas and 4 billion barrels of oil, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates.But less than a month later, the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig sank about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana.President Obama recently announced during his weekly address that no permits for drilling new deepwater wells will be issued until a 30-day safety and environmental review of all deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed. Representing 30 percent of our oil production, the Gulf of Mexico plays an important role in the future of the country's energy production, said Obama."But we can only pursue offshore oil drilling if we have assurances that a disaster like the BP oil spill will not happen again," Obama added.White House officials said that Obama is considering extending the hold on permits for six more months and may delay or cancel specific drilling projects off the coasts of Alaska and Virginia and in the western Gulf of Mexico, according to the New York Times.Part of what is happening in the Gulf is that oil companies are drilling a mile under water before they hit ground, and a mile below that before they hit oil, Obama said. With the increased risks, the increased costs, it gives you a sense of where we're going."

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Jamie PROS and CONS of OFFSHORE DRILLING

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Jamie PROS and CONS of OFFSHORE DRILLING

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Without a doubt, oil is one of the fundamental needs in the world today. Its needed for most things. Plastic, fuel, much more than the average person thinks as well.   We all know that oil is “running out” and that supply is lower than the demand. This is true to an extent,but we aren’t about to lose power soon, so don’t believe the media hype.. In recent times, most of the oil produced today is drilled from the ground, and it more than likely come from Middle eastern countries, like Iraq.. It isn’t a secret that the world is dependent on these countries that house this oil, and if the price of oil went up by just a small amount, it would affect the economy around the WORLD. Because the oil is running out, countries have been looking elsewhere to get there oil, and instead of searching it out on the mainland, they resort to offshore drilling as an alternative option.

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Another reason for the danger is the harsh offshore environments that pose engineering challenges to offshore drilling equipment. Severe weather, ice and storms pose risks to the functionality of the rigs, and their distance from land make it harder for additional rescue personnel to promptly reach the areas in emergency situations.

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A good place to start, is with the positives that arise within offshore oil drilling. The first is obvious. The most widely accepted positive of offshore drilling is the self reliance, or, at least, new ways of supporting oil drilling without having to rely on middle eastern countries to provide oil and petroleum for the rest of the world. This will inevitably stable the economy of the world, as the small bundle of countries providing most of the oil, won’t have such a big say in prices and the price of oil should eventually go down.. Another benefit with offshore drilling, goes hand in hand with the above positive. It will create many jobs for people, who will then spend more money from their wages in the local community, helping raise the economy of local communities. Offshore drilling could play a major part in the turnaround of the current economy, and it is already large in places like Aberdeen.

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Another reason for the danger is the harsh offshore environments that pose engineering challenges to offshore drilling equipment. Severe weather, ice and storms pose risks to the functionality of the rigs, and their distance from land make it harder for additional rescue personnel to promptly reach the areas in emergency situations.

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10. Offshore oil drilling won't impact gas prices today, and it won't have a significant impact on gas prices in the future.
9. This is nothing more than a money grab by the oil companies - who are already making record-breaking profits.
8. We burn 25% of the world's oil here in the U.S., but we have only 3% of the world's oil reserves. So even if all offshore oil magically came to market today, the vast majority of our oil would continue to be imported, and we wouldn't see price relief at the pump.
7. The current moratorium was put in place decades ago to protect us from the danger of oil spills along our coastlines and beaches.
6.  Burning fossil fuels like oil causes global warming, which causes stronger hurricanes, which will threaten the very offshore drilling rigs being proposed, which will contribute to even more global warming.
5. To avoid the worst impacts of global warming, we need to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy within the next 10 years. The billions of dollars that would be spent on offshore oil drilling just postpones the inevitable transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
4. Oil exploration requires massive seismic testing - which threatens whales and dolphins.
3. Oil prices are set on the global oil market, so American oil is no cheaper than Saudi oil. We won't get a discount for oil drilled in the U.S.
2. We can't solve the world's energy problems with the same drilling that created them.
1. Renewable energy is available now, so it's time to walk away from fossil fuels and toward a clean energy future.

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This is a pretty frigging complex system, said Robert Bea, an engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in an interview with Yale Environment 360, a publication of Yale University. You've got equipment and steel strung out over a long piece of geography starting at surface and terminating at 18,000 feet below the sea floor. So it has many potential weak points. Just as Katrina's storm surge found weaknesses in those piles of dirt the levees gas likes to find weakness in anything we connect to that source.

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What happened after oil leaks- Nathan  The Gulf of Mexico oil leak has fired up arguments against offshore drilling. After decades of heated debate, this incident shed light on its dangers and impact on the environment.

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What happened after oil leaks- Nathan  The Gulf of Mexico oil leak has fired up arguments against offshore drilling. After decades of heated debate, this incident shed light on its dangers and impact on the environment.

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But with deeper drilling depths comes increased danger including higher risks of accidents, spills and fires

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Cisco recently released a study in which they interviewed oil and gas executives, consultants and analysts from 14 different countries about the challenges, opportunities and priorities facing their vertical. Due to new advances in processes and alternative energy sources, the oil and gas industry is looking to keep efficiency high by working smarter, not harder.

In the report, the number one driver identified by this group that would drive faster and better decision making was intelligence from data. Connecting all steps of their process, from discovery to refinement to distribution, with the Internet of Things or, as they call it in the report, the Internet of Everything (IoE), enables oil and gas companies to optimize their workflows, make better decisions and increase safety of their field workers.

"...Benefits depend on digital transformation of processes and business models, from the oil field to the front office," says Joseph Bradely in an article about the report, "This requires that oil and gas companies leverage IoE to become more hyper-aware, predictive, and agile." With this increased agility, oil and gas companies will be investing in the mobility of their employees.

Already, many of the world's most successful businesses have jumped on the Bring Your Own Device train, making it easy for workers in any part of their organization to use the mobile device that is most comfortable for them. With an increased influx of data, the oil and gas industry will certainly be ensuring that their field workers are mobile ready and capable of handling complex information with their mobile devices.

One important piece of this equation is giving mobile workers the tools they need to communicate and connect with team members in the field and in the office. Video is an ideal medium for this communication for several reasons:

Easily transmit complex ideas - Where text and audio can only communicate so much, video's combination of audio, visual and text elements gives users the most options to clearly state their ideas.

Capture video in the field - Now days almost every smartphone has a camera and video recording capabilities. Workers can capture video of issues they are having in the field or record best practices to share with team members.

Find information fast - With advanced search technology like Speech Search, which enables users to search through the spoken audio tracks of videos, workers can find the information they need at a moment's notice. In an industry focused on streamlining workflows and increasing agility, the ability to get to the right information, fast, is critical.

Managing all of this video content can be difficult, however, which is why many of the world's leading organizations are turning to enterprise video platforms to help them manage and deliver video to everyone in their organization, on any device.

If you'd like to know more about how mobile video is changing the way people work, sign up to watch our webcast on May 4 th - VideoWorks: Video for the Mobile Worker

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The issue saw increased coverage when President George W. Bush in July 2008 lifted a 1990 executive order by George H. W. Bush banning offshore drilling,[1] while at the same time calling for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[2]- george

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The issue saw increased coverage when President George W. Bush in July 2008 lifted a 1990 executive order by George H. W. Bush banning offshore drilling,[1] while at the same time calling for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[2]- george

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One reason for this increased danger is the complex equipment needed to drill at such depths. As offshore drilling continues to be pushed to new depths, with oil companies continuously drilling in deeper waters and penetrating further underground, the technology needed to achieve these feats is extremely complex and not entirely invincible.

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Marine oil spills occur due to accidents while transporting oil

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The Gulf of Mexico oil leak has fired up arguments against offshore drilling. After decades of heated debate, this incident shed light on its dangers and impact on the environment.

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Deeper drilling depths comes increased danger including higher risks of accidents, spills and fires

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Jun Woo - Offshore drilling, the process of extracting oil and gas resources from underwater locations, including lakes, has been conducted at increasingly deeper and farther off shore sites in recent years, as shallow fossil fuel reserves and near-shore drilling locations have become exhausted.

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Jun Woo - Offshore drilling, the process of extracting oil and gas resources from underwater locations, including lakes, has been conducted at increasingly deeper and farther off shore sites in recent years, as shallow fossil fuel reserves and near-shore drilling locations have become exhausted.

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The U.S. Atlantic coast can hold up to 37 trillion cubic feet of gas and 4 billon barrels of oil

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BP last night gave its strongest signal yet that it will not cut its dividend in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

In a conference call to shareholders and analysts, Carl-Henric Svanberg, BP's chairman, and Tony Hayward, its chief executive, stopped short of giving an undertaking that the payout would be maintained.

However, the pair left investors in no doubt that - as The Times reported on Wednesday - BP's finances were sufficiently robust to meet the costs of containing the spill and the associated clean-up, as well as maintaining the company's dividend.

Mr Hayward insisted that, although BP would stand by its obligations and "work tirelessly to rebuild the confidence of the American people and of the world in BP", there...

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BP last night gave its strongest signal yet that it will not cut its dividend in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. In a conference call to shareholders and analysts, Carl-Henric Svanberg, BP's chairman, and Tony Hayward, its chief executive, stopped short of giving an undertaking that the payout would be maintained.

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The Gulf of Mexico oil leak has fired up arguments against offshore drilling

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President Obama bans oil and gas drilling on March 31

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Chevron Canada has the deepest hole for oil drilling