https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/offshore-drilling/ Recent content in Offshore Drilling on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/brazil-says-no-thanks-opec/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/brazil-says-no-thanks-opec/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/brazil-says-no-thanks-opec/i-82-7d8-9-11.jpg" alt="Standard Oil &#39;blue barrel&#39; U.S. Department of Energy" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Standard Oil &#39;blue barrel&#39; U.S. Department of Energy</figcaption> </figure> <p>I didn't know you <em>could</em> do that. </p> <p>Back in August, Iran had invited Brazil to join OPEC, but Brazil declined, saying it had &quot;other priorities.&quot; And now, Saudi Arabia has invited Brazil into the cartel.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/congress-lets-bans-outer-continental-shelf-drilling-expire/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/congress-lets-bans-outer-continental-shelf-drilling-expire/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/congress-lets-bans-outer-continental-shelf-drilling-expire/i-7f-7d8-9-10.jpg" alt="The cast-iron dome of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. U.S. government" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>The cast-iron dome of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. U.S. government</figcaption> </figure> <p>In July, President Bush lifted the executive ban on outer continental shelf (OCS) drilling, putting pressure on Congress to follow suit.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/sea-sprawl-blue-frontier-ocean-development/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/sea-sprawl-blue-frontier-ocean-development/ <p><strong>Picture it:</strong> Dozens of kilometers off the coast of Texas, a giant polygon-shaped cage constructed of steel ribs and mesh netting floats 30 or so meters beneath the waves. The cage, moored to the seafloor, is filled with tens of thousands of teeming, silvery fish. Several kilometers away, offshore wind turbines sprout from the sea surface in a curving line, their spindly white arms churning the atmosphere. Still farther along the horizon, a massive oil platform squats heavily on four stumpy legs over its parcel of ocean, pipes plunging 11 kilometers into deep reservoirs within the seafloor. In the open waters between these industries, tankers and commercial fishermen follow snaking shipping lanes that lead them toward the coast.</p>