Oil Drilling

Oil drilling is a technique of extracting crude oil from Earth's belly. Read on to find out more about oil drilling in various parts of the world.
  • Lucy Lawless Arrested After 77 Hours Aboard Oil Drilling Vessel
    Lucy Lawless and six others were arrested after boarding an oil drilling ship and staying there over the weekend.
  • Pros and Cons of Offshore Drilling
    With the never-ending, ever-increasing demand for petroleum spanning the entire globe and the environmental consequence of such tremendously extensive drilling for oil looming large, it's time we discussed the pros and cons of offshore drilling in an attempt to find out whether what has happened till now should continue in the future.
  • What Happened to the Offshore Drilling Debate?
    With the BP oil rig disaster in the gulf and the introduction of new hybrid and electric cars from major manufacturers, the cries for more U.S. offshore drilling have quieted.
  • Shale Oil Extraction Process
    Extraction of shale oil is a process of deriving oil from oil shale, which is a type of sedimentary rock, by subjecting it to high temperatures and then refining it. It is a more complicated process compared to crude oil extraction and has been in practice since the tenth century. In this article, I provide a concise summary of this technique.
  • Oil Exploration Process
    The rising demand for oil in the international market and the mind-boggling returns from this venture are making many smaller companies try their luck at oil exploration. A brief write-up which will put forth the details of oil exploration process, and the numerous challenges associated with it.
  • Did Federal Rule Changes Contribute to the BP Disaster?
    The federal agency that regulates the drilling of offshore oil made changes to their rules two years ago, and as a result, BP didn’t have to file a disaster plan for handling a major spill.
  • BP’s Subsea Oil Recovery System
    BP’s plans may have stalled for capping the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico with a tremendous dome, but officials aren’t calling it a failure just yet.
  • Oil Drilling Process
    Oil drilling involves drilling oil reservoirs using drilling rigs. Here is a precise overview of the process.
  • Effects of Oil Drilling in Alaska
    The effects of oil drilling in Alaska are far-fetched and go beyond the industrialization that has generated additional manpower movement to the region. The processes that are a part of the oil drilling activities have generated an imbalance in the unique ecosystem.
  • Pros and Cons of Oil Drilling
    Oil drilling or extracting oil is expected to boost the economic growth by reducing import of foreign oil; however, it does pose a negative impact on the environment. Read on to know more...