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How Oil Drilling Works

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Oil drilling a complex process that involves the drilling and pumping of oil from underground wells. Learn about oil drilling and the oil drilling process.

The Oil Drilling Process Explained

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Remember those orange juice commercials? The ones where people tried to poke a rolling orange with a straw?

Top 5 Innovations in Oil Drilling

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Oil drilling has been around for more than a century. But because of the numerous developments in the technology, it has grown leaps and bounds in that time.

5 Improvements in Offshore Oil Drilling

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The explosion and fire that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 killed 11 crew members and triggered an environmental nightmare.

How Offshore Drilling Works

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Offshore drilling means combing Earth for new underwater oil reserves. Learn more about offshore drilling and finding oil in the midst of rough seas.

Why is offshore drilling so controversial?

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The offshore drilling controversy is often simplified to the economy vs. the environment. Learn about the offshore drilling controversy.

What's Oil Shale?

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Oil shale is just one unconventional oil source that's being researched. Learn how oil shale could save the day when — and if — we hit peak oil in the U.S.

Have we reached peak oil?

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Oil is a nonrenewable resource. Have we found all the oil there is to find, or is there more out there somewhere? What's the best way to wean ourselves from our oil dependency?

Oil Sands: Energy Evolution and Environmental Concerns

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Oil sands are a mixture of clay, sand and water with a small amount of bitumen. Learn about oil sands, find out how energy intensive it is to refine oil sands.

How far underground are oil deposits?

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The U.S. consumes 19.1 million barrels of petroleum each day -- almost half of it in the form of gasoline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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