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According to Biden, the environmental dangers of new offshore oil and gas drilling — and the knock-on effects for the fishing, recreation and tourism industries — outweigh the potential energy ...
The Biden administration has awarded the state an additional $57.25 million to clean up and plug abandoned oil and natural gas wells. ... 200 abandoned oil and gas wells in southeast Ohio that ...
Even Trump used the law to ban sales of offshore drilling rights in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida through 2032. Biden's decision will protect the same area with no expiration.
Many compounds found in oil are highly toxic and can cause cancer (carcinogenic) as well as other diseases. [23] Studies in Taiwan link proximity to oil refineries to premature births. [26] Crude oil and petroleum distillates cause birth defects. [27] Benzene is present in both crude oil and gasoline and is known to cause leukaemia in humans. [28]
On May 24, 2012, House of Representatives of Ohio passed Senate Bill 315 [285] regulating oil and gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing. The bill requires companies to test water wells within 1,500 feet (460 m) of proposed drill sites and to report the fluids and chemicals used while drilling and fracking, except for those considered ...
"In the UK, all oil and gas operators must minimise the release of gases as a condition of their licence from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Natural gas may only be vented for safety reasons." [24] Also transportation of necessary water volume for hydraulic fracturing, if done by trucks, can cause emissions. [25]
The state Oil and Gas Commission has sided with the Department of Natural Resources in a case involving who should pay for a $1.3 million environmental cleanup caused by a leak from an Ohio ...
Offshore oil well drilling platform, Continental Oil Co., Gulf of Mexico, 1955. Around 1891, the first submerged oil wells were drilled from platforms built on piles in the fresh waters of the Grand Lake St. Marys in Ohio. The wells were developed by small local companies such as Bryson, Riley Oil, German-American and Banker's Oil. [2]