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onshore is oil well drilled on land.

offshore is oil well drilled in sea/ocean.

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What is the deference between onshore and offshore production?

I assume you mean "difference" and not "deference". Onshore means on dry land. Offshore means out in the water. Offshore drilling is out in the water, like in the Gulf of Mexico. Onshore drilling means on land, like in Wyoming and Texas.


What is the difference between offshore and onshore?

onshore means it is on land and offshore on sea.


What is an offshore platform and how is it different an onshore drilling rig?

An offshore platform is a structure that is installed over as group of wells that was drilled by an offshore drilling rig. The function of the platform is to produce the oil from these wells. A platform can be mounted to the seabed or could be a floating type platform. Offshore drilling rigs are for drilling the wells and are mobile and moved from area to area. Onshore drilling rigs are mobile units too and are moved from pad to pad for drilling and exploration. After a well is drilled onshore, a wellhead is installed on the well. There is no need for a platform as this only economically viable in offshore applications. There have been cases where an offshore well was drilled from land into the sea, but operated from land. This can only be possible if the oil formation is not too far offshore.


What is onshore and offshore petroleum exploration?

Petroleum exploration is where a rig or ship is used to drill into the earth or seabed to locate oil reserves. For offshore exploration a drill ship, jack-up drilling rig or floating drilling rig can be used. For onshore applications mobile drilling rig is used.


What is onshore oil?

Onshore oil is a nickname for oil that is obtained through oil drilling that is completely on land, as opposed to offshore oil, which is collected from drilling under the seafloor with floating oil rigs.


What is Offshore oil drilling?

Offshore versus onshore drilling is drilling for oil in the sea, usually an ocean, but can also be a lake.


Which oil field is asab from onshore or offshore?

Assab is an onshore oil field


What are the differences of the offshore and onshore dichotomy?

Onshore/offshore dichotomy is way of allocating the revenue accrued from exploitation and exploration of crude oil. Such revenue is divided into onshore revenue (revenue accrued from oil drilled onshore (on land) and offshore revenue (accrued from oil drilled from littoral zone).The dichotomy implies the revenue from offshore crude belong to a sovereign nation and not to the coastal communities, and thus must be shared among the states that make up the nation, while onshore revenue belongs to the coastal communities (termed oil producing communities) on which land the crude is drilled.


What are the differences between onshore and offshore software outsourcing?

Both of them are outsourcing services that deal with software development. The difference between them is that when you say "offshore", it means overseas. So if you avail of offshore software outsourcing, you are outsourcing software development to a different country. When you say onshore software outsourcing, it is still outsourcing but the company you outsourced the software development is within your country.


Does the US drill for oil?

Yes, the US does drill for oil. The country has extensive oil drilling operations both onshore and offshore, resulting in significant domestic oil production.


What are the dangers of offshore and onshore winds?

Offshore winds will blow the unwary captain onto shoals or reefs. Onshore winds will blow the unwary captain away from his next landmark or landfall.


Can offshore drilling help with global warming?

No, any production of gas and oil, whether offshore or onshore, increases the effects of global warming. Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) releases carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases responsible.