Oil Wells

DeSmog
View In: Offshore Oil WellsVideo footage obtained by DeSmog shows an offshore oil drilling incident in which heavy equipment fell from a drillship onto an oil and gas wellhead deep below the ocean’s surface.  The three short clips offer those on land an unusual window into the world of offshore drilling accidents. Two expert...

NationofChange
View In: Offshore Oil WellsA November incident involving the Transocean Deepwater Pontus drillship is a reminder that “simple failures can cause serious incidents, in the blink of an eye,” one oil spill expert said.

Jacobin Magazine
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New Study: Gas and Oil Drilling Doesn’t Create Very Many Jobs

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Project Censored
View In: Offshore Oil WellsAccording to an August 2021 article by the Energy News Network, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Agency (BSEE) underreported offshore oil and gas worker fatalities from 2005 to… The post Federal Safety Agency Underreporting Deaths of Offshore Drilling Industry Workers appeared firs...

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Oil Wells“The Biden administration must end new leasing and phase out existing drilling,” said one advocate. “Anything less would be a gross failure of climate leadership.“

Grist
View In: Oil Wells$4.7 billion released by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has states rethinking their abandoned oil well tallies.