Offshore drilling - Wikipedia 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
Trump to open new offshore drilling off California and Florida The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U S oil production that is
Offshore oil and natural gas in depth - U. S. Energy . . . Nearly all offshore oil and natural gas leasing and development activity occurs in the central and western Gulf of America, where thousands of platforms operate in waters up to 6,000 feet deep A few platforms operate in depths of 10,000 feet or more
Drilling for oil and gas offshore: past, present, future - AVEVA The Gulf Coast origins of modern offshore drilling Offshore oil and gas drilling continued to accelerate through the early and mid-20th century, thanks in part to technological advances like the adoption of steel over wood for drilling structures as well as the introduction of complex rotary rigs—which apply rotational force in a clockwise