Deep Sea Oil Drilling
What are the risks and benefits of Oil Drilling in the ocean
Introduction
Oil drilling has its risks, but it also has its benefits too.Every year,around 128 people die from oil drilling operations. Drilling for oil is very risky and can harm people in many different ways.
Risks
Some oil drilling spots start fires & ruin things we put a lot of time, effort, & money into & in the end we up spending more on repairing than we did on building
Very dangerous when sending someone down, they might drown & from the places where we drill , emergency services are far away
Pollute the air & underwater areas and become a major threat to marine life & some animals may become endangered
Some people have breathing problems that affect their health
- When drilling it puts a lot of industrial services at risk for losing some profit they make because of pollution
Benefits
If we had more drilling spots we would get more oil & the price would eventually go down
If we got more spots we could stop relying on middle-eastern countries for oil
It would create more job opportunities for people who have lost their jobs
- We need it for plastic,oil,fuel, & other resources we use on a daily basis
Facts & Info
Over 200 offshore wells have been dug in New Zealand in the past
The Chinese used oil drilling as far back as the fourth century B.C
Texas is the state that has the most widely income of oil each year
The father we go down to the ocean floor for oil, the more money it costs for that supply
In the Gulf of Mexico in 2006 the oil explosion released 509 oil rings
In April of 2010 they accidentally spilled about 200 million gallons of oil into the ocean
- After one of the biggest oil spills in history they sent car-sized robots down to the place to do research, but it also can help prevent spills from happening now on