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The United States offshore drilling debate is an ongoing debate in the United States about whether, the extent to which, in which areas, and under what conditions, further offshore drilling should be allowed in U.S.-administered waters. Oil drilling platform about two miles (3 km) off the coast of California, near Santa Barbara.
While Biden views his offshore drilling ban as a way to hasten the United States’ “transitio[n] to a clean energy economy,” his successor wants to maximize U.S. oil and gas production to ...
“The recent offshore drilling ban, though not directly affecting the western Gulf of Mexico, is a blatant attack on the oil and natural gas industry — an industry vital to our nation’s ...
President Biden’s move to bar drilling across the U.S.’s East and West coasts, while splashy, may not have significant climate or energy impacts in the years ahead. Because very little oil and ...
A person fishes with offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance on January 5, 2025 in Seal Beach, California. President Joe Biden has permanently banned future offshore oil and gas ...
Historically, offshore drilling began by extending known coastal oil- and gas-producing trends out into the ocean. For this reason, most US offshore drilling has taken place offshore Louisiana, Texas, California, and Alaska, areas with coastal onshore oil and gas fields.
Offshore drilling is a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled below the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently extract ...
However, Biden’s move applies to areas that have low, if any, levels of offshore drilling. It did not apply to the central and western Gulf of Mexico where most U.S. offshore drilling occurs.