How Offshore Drilling Works - HowStuffWorks
网页2023年9月20日 · Offshore drilling means combing Earth for new underwater oil reserves. Learn more about offshore drilling and finding oil in the midst of rough seas.
Offshore oil and natural gas in depth - U.S. Energy Information ...
网页Most of the U.S. offshore energy production is oil and natural gas. The first offshore oil well was drilled in 1897 at the end of a wharf, 300 feet off the coast of Summerland, California. Early offshore drilling occurred in water less than 300 feet deep.
Oil Companies Expand Offshore Drilling, Pointing to Energy Needs
网页2024年5月3日 · Oil Companies Expand Offshore Drilling, Pointing to Energy Needs Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer...
Offshore drilling - Wikipedia
网页Offshore drilling is a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled below the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently extract petroleum that lies in rock formations beneath the seabed.
Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling: A Comprehensive Guide
网页2023年3月6日 · Offshore oil and gas drilling is a complex process that involves drilling into the seabed to extract oil and natural gas reserves. The process has been used for decades, with many...
What is offshore drilling? How do oil wells work? - Los Angeles Times
网页2021年10月7日 · Officials haven't approved any new oil exploration off California's coast in decades. Yet pumping and drilling continue there. Here's why.
Offshore Drilling History - American Oil & Gas Historical Society
网页The U.S. offshore drilling for oil began in the late-19th century on lakes and at the ends of Pacific Ocean piers. Until an innovative Kerr-McGee drilling platform in 1947, no offshore drilling company had ever risked drilling beyond the sight of land.
The Basics of Offshore Oil & Gas - NOIA
网页DRILLING. Once a prospective reserve is found, companies will drill highly-regulated exploration wells with Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). Some MODUs are converted into production rigs, meaning they switch from drilling for oil to capturing oil once it's found.
Offshore-drilling outlook to 2035 | McKinsey - McKinsey & Company
网页2019年5月30日 · To help navigate and understand the current cycle in the offshore-rig market, our offshore-drilling outlook provides a reference case for the evolving offshore markets for jack-ups and floating rigs (semisubmersibles and drillships) through 2035—delivering a view on market conditions and timing for recovery.
Insight: This decade's oil boom is moving offshore - way offshore
网页Aug 31 (Reuters) - Global oil companies are pumping billions of dollars into offshore drilling, reversing a long decline in spending on the decades-long projects including some in the remote...
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