Improving Oil Spill Response
As the world’s appetite for crude oil grows, supplies in easy-to-access areas of the world are dwindling. Exploration, development, and production of oil from ice-covered seas is accelerating: in Alaska the world’s first offshore production island has been operating for more than four years and plan...
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| Summary: | As the world’s appetite for crude oil grows, supplies in easy-to-access areas of the world are dwindling. Exploration, development, and production of oil from ice-covered seas is accelerating: in Alaska the world’s first offshore production island has been operating for more than four years and plans are under way to explore existing lease areas farther offshore. Although modern offshore drilling and production systems are designed and regulated to be very safe, accidents sometimes happen, and oil spills in ice-covered waters present challenges unlike those that occur in open water, thus requiring a different response. Improving spill response |
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