Pros And Cons Of Off Shore Drilling

Off Shore Drilling My topic is on off- shore drilling. It refers to the discovery and development of gas and oil which lie underwater through drilling a well. This content will tell you the pros and cons of this event and what it’s doing to our community. We’ll know what off-shore drilling is suppose to do for our economy in this review. I’ve started out my research with and branched off of it to and clicked on “Just how dangerous are oil rigs.” (secondary source) On April 20, 2010 the Gulf of Mexico off the Coast of Louisiana 50 miles off coast, 115 lives make it to safety. Eleven are unaccounted for. In 2008 one hundred twenty people were killed in a simular incident according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Greg McCormack, (primary source) director of the Petroleum Extension Service in Texas stated, “These events are low probability with a high consequence. It’s a hazardous business and that is what the industry has to deal with on a daily bases.”
This is a tragedy that is unnecessary. On (secondary source) I found that Federal Regulators had already been working on new safety rules before this April 20 incident. They claim that most of these incidents are human errors and are rarely due to equipment failure. So far the Louisiana off-shore explosion is unknown to why this happened. They are still