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  2. Offshore oil and gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For this reason, most US offshore drilling has taken place offshore Louisiana, Texas, California, and Alaska, areas with coastal onshore oil and gas fields. "Possibly in some future age, when all known petroleum fields shall have been drained of their richness, oil men may seek refuge in King Neptune's realm." - Oil & Gas Journal, 24 June 1915 [6]

  3. Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)

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    The state of Louisiana issued its first offshore oil and gas lease in 1936, and the following year the Pure Oil Company discovered the first Louisiana offshore oil field, the Creole Field, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the shore of Cameron Parish, from a platform built on timber pilings in 10-to-15-foot-deep (3.0 to 4.6 m) water.

  4. Louisiana Offshore Oil Port - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico 29 kilometers (18 nautical miles) [1] off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. LOOP provides tanker offloading and temporary storage services for crude oil transported on some of the largest tankers in the world.

  5. Offshore oil and gas in California - Wikipedia

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    The federal investigation, headed by the BSEE, will review oil facilities and platforms off of the Southern California coast and, subsequently, direct future action towards these offshore oil platforms. The oil platforms are surrounded by various species of fish and wildlife, topical to California, that could be impacted by the complete removal ...

  6. Offshore drilling - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. List of tallest oil platforms - Wikipedia

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    W&T Offshore Inc (64%) 1130 24,000 Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform Amberjack Platform [1] 314+ 1,100+ 1991 Truss tower United States Gulf of Mexico Stone Energy 1100 or 1030 Height is only to water level, likely to be taller than the Cognac Platform. Heritage Platform [20] 326+ 1,075+ 1992 Truss tower

  8. Offshore drilling on the Atlantic coast of the United States

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    The issue of allowing oil and gas exploration offshore Florida became a hotly contested topic in the 2008 US elections. In a column published 5 June 2008, syndicated columnist George Will wrote that a Chinese oil company was then drilling in Cuban waters 60 miles (97 km) from the Florida coast, a claim that was repeated by candidates in favor ...

  9. Oil platform - Wikipedia

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    The Lun-A (Lunskoye-A) platform, located off the north eastern coast of Sakhalin Island and is a concrete gravity base substructure (CGBS).. An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed.