How many shallow water drilling oil spills have occurred?

Is it true that there is oil in the Gulf of Mexico?

Yes. An explosion occurred because of deep-water oil drilling.

What effect does oil drilling have on the biosphere?

Oil drilling can have significant negative impacts on the biosphere. It can lead to habitat destruction, water and soil contamination, air pollution, and disruption of ecosystems. Spills and leaks from drilling operations can harm wildlife, disrupt food chains, and have long-lasting effects on biodiversity.

How do humans destroy oceans?

Oil Spills, Ghost Fishing,Pollution,Over Fishing,Run off,Wasting water,toxic waste,off shore drilling,and too much tourism.

What are Breaking waves are called?

Breaking waves are also commonly referred to as whitecaps or surf. This occurs when the wave crest collapses and spills forward as it hits shallow water or encounters an obstacle.

What impact has the US oil spill had on the world?

The causes of the accident are still being investigated. But drilling operations around the world have been impacted. The technology required to drill in a deep water, high temperature and pressure environment, is complex. Oil companies and governmental agencies in various countries are examining how this drilling can be made safer to avoid future spills. Oil companies are motivated to avoid spills because the cost of clean up and fines can be very high in other countries. Other countries do not have the same resources, so a spill in Angola or Brazil might be worse. However, if the spill occurred further offshore than the BP spill, the environmental impact would be less. Countries where deep water drilling is occurring include Mexico, Brazil, Angola, and China. Hostile drilling conditions exist in the North Sea and Norway. The long lasting impact of the spill may be better technology to avoid spills, improved techniques for containing the spill and arresting the flow, and tighter government regulations. This will occur worldwide.

What technology is best for quickly improving its carrying capacity?

Drilling for water

What pros are there for offshore drilling?

Pros of Deep-Water Offshore Oil Drilling:1. Deep-water offshore oil drilling will result in greater domestic production. More offshore drilling will lead to greater domestic oil production and less reliance on imported oil, much of which comes from politically unstable regions.2. An increased supply of oil will lower gasoline prices. Offshore drilling will increase the supply of oil, resulting in lower gasoline prices.3. The state will benefit, as increased drilling results in increased governmental revenues, via royalties. Opening restricted areas to offshore oil production will generate billions in state and federal revenues through royalties.4. Improvements have been made to technology and are being made to technology in order to lower the rate of oil spills and the risk of environmental hazards. There has been a lower occurrence of oil spills in the last four decades. Technologies are being developed in order for oil drilling to be done without damaging the environment and/or disturbing the plant and animal habitats.5. The field of deep-water offshore drilling creates jobs for America's workers. Drilling itself and development of land after the process will help in engaging people, thus creating jobs for hundreds of citizens.Cons of Deep-Water Offshore Oil Drilling:1. The oil found in offshore oil drilling barely reduces the United States' dependence on foreign oil imports. The US requires approximately 8 billion barrels of oil per year to meet its current needs; deep-water offshore drilling, in its conventional form, is expected to bring in only 18 billion barrels total.2. Offshore oil drilling will not guarantee lower gas prices. Gas prices are affected by too many other variables to assume that changing one factor will significantly change the result.3. Offshore drilling results in oil spills.3a. Deep-water offshore drilling is associated with oil spills; both major and minor oil spills harm the surrounding environment greatly. Spills most often occur when oil is being transported to land via oil tanker, but damaged pipelines or the platform itself may also cause spills. Such spills are a massive drain on both resources and energy, as well as a real and pressing danger to the environment.3b. Oil spills, despite improved technologies, are still common and predicted occurrences. At current extraction rates, it is predicted that in the Gulf of Mexico there will be one oil spill per year of no less than 1000 barrels over the next 40 years.4. Offshore drilling is challenging to keep up, as it requires keeping manned facilities above water and disposing of oil rigs is costly. Challenges include the scale of construction required for functional facilities and the need for facilities located in the water where the oil would be extracted from sand, which would demand extra funds and efforts. Removing platforms and pipelines no longer in use is extremely costly.5. Carbon emissions will increase. Expanded offshore drilling will not reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which contributes to warmer global temperatures.

Is shallow an adjective?

Yes. If you say, "The water is shallow," then shallow describes the water.

Does Dolphins live in shallow or deep water?

They live in shallow sea water

Shallow in a sentence?

The water in the lake was very shallow

Is there shallow or deep water in a muskeg?

It can be shallow or deep.

Is deep water more or less dense than shallow water?

Shallow water is more dense than Deep water. This means that a wave travelling from deep water to shallow water would bend towards the normal. Also, the wave would travel slower in the shallow than in the deep water