Off Shore Drilling Pros And Cons
Proposal Essay
Problem: Off Shore Drilling, Off Shore Drilling has always had its pros and cons to the world but mainly cons. Off Shore Drilling should be banned throughout the United States and some parts of the world. Off Shore Drilling is not only dangerous to the workers drilling, but very detrimental to the environment. April 20, 2010 the biggest oil spill in United States history, bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. Around 60,000 barrels of oil are believed to be leaking from the spill into the gulf. That's twelve times more than the original estimate of 5,000 barrels a day. All together there was about 6,000 barrels a day, an estimated 2.5 million gallons a day is leaking into the Gulf. The BP oil spill spread about 11,300 miles, …show more content…
Government statistics still can't confirm what happened to the majority of the millions of gallons of oil that leaked from the well, and even more importantly how much damage it’s causing underwater. The Gulf Coast economy is suffering, and endangered sea turtles, dolphins and many other marine creatures have been affected.. Drilling for natural gas offshore, in some instances hundreds of miles away from the nearest landmass, poses a number of different challenges over drilling onshore. The actual drilling mechanism used to delve into the sea floor is much the same as can be found on an onshore rig. However, with drilling at sea, the sea floor can sometimes be thousands of feet below sea level. Therefore, while with onshore drilling the ground provides a platform from which to drill, at sea an artificial drilling platform must be constructed. Drilling offshore dates back as early as 1869, when one of the first patents was granted to T.F. Rowland for his offshore drilling rig design. This rig was designed to operate in very shallow water, but the anchored four legged tower bears much resemblance to modern offshore rigs. It wasn't until after World War II that the first offshore well, completely out of sight from land, was drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in
Problem: Off Shore Drilling, Off Shore Drilling has always had its pros and cons to the world but mainly cons. Off Shore Drilling should be banned throughout the United States and some parts of the world. Off Shore Drilling is not only dangerous to the workers drilling, but very detrimental to the environment. April 20, 2010 the biggest oil spill in United States history, bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. Around 60,000 barrels of oil are believed to be leaking from the spill into the gulf. That's twelve times more than the original estimate of 5,000 barrels a day. All together there was about 6,000 barrels a day, an estimated 2.5 million gallons a day is leaking into the Gulf. The BP oil spill spread about 11,300 miles, …show more content…
Government statistics still can't confirm what happened to the majority of the millions of gallons of oil that leaked from the well, and even more importantly how much damage it’s causing underwater. The Gulf Coast economy is suffering, and endangered sea turtles, dolphins and many other marine creatures have been affected.. Drilling for natural gas offshore, in some instances hundreds of miles away from the nearest landmass, poses a number of different challenges over drilling onshore. The actual drilling mechanism used to delve into the sea floor is much the same as can be found on an onshore rig. However, with drilling at sea, the sea floor can sometimes be thousands of feet below sea level. Therefore, while with onshore drilling the ground provides a platform from which to drill, at sea an artificial drilling platform must be constructed. Drilling offshore dates back as early as 1869, when one of the first patents was granted to T.F. Rowland for his offshore drilling rig design. This rig was designed to operate in very shallow water, but the anchored four legged tower bears much resemblance to modern offshore rigs. It wasn't until after World War II that the first offshore well, completely out of sight from land, was drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in