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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. Offshore drilling on the Atlantic coast of the United States

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   The wells were considered to be dry holes, however, oil shows were found in all the wells and live oil was tested in the State Lease 826Y-1. [8] The boundary between the Exclusive Economic Zones of the U.S. and Cuba is halfway between Cuba and Florida, as determined by a 1977 Modus vivendi between the U.S. and Cuba. [9]

5. How Biden's offshore drilling ban will — or won't — affect you

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   A person fishes with the offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance on Jan. 5 ... Because that’s where nearly 97% of America’s offshore gas production and a full 15% of its oil come ...

6. Biden to ban offshore oil, gas drilling in vast areas ahead ...

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   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.

7. 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 ...

8. 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]

9. 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.