Many of the earliest offshore oil wells were drilled from piers at Summerland in  Santa Barbara County, .... The gradually sloping Gulf of Mexico reached only  about 18-feet deep at the drilling site. ... “Spectacular Gulf of Mexico Discovery. ...  Today, 75 percent of recreational fishing trips off Louisiana visit one or more rig  sites.
Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows." ... "Eighty percent of  the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas  in the United ... The deepest water depth in which a discovery has been made is  9,975 feet (3,040 m), at Lloyd Ridge 370 (Diamond). The federal ... Nineteen  wells were drilled in state waters, and forty were drilled in federal waters. Gulf Oil  ...
Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows." ... "Eighty percent of  the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
The oil discovery that jump-started Texas' transformation into a major petroleum  ... Companies were soon established to develop the Gulf Coast oil fields. ... In  1902, Spindletop alone produced more than 17 million barrels, or 94 percent of  the ...
Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf of Mexico.