At that point, there comes an awareness that the united states is sitting on a gold mine. Once the federal government gets involved in offshore drilling in earnestos, that dramatically increase how much offshore drilling is happening. I mak sure a regulatory certainty may be played some role, but it's really the advancements in technology that occur over the coming decades. It changes 19 69, which is really the first seminole catastrophe for the us. Offshore oil and gas industry, the union oil spill in santa barbara.
An energy expert explains why offshore oil spills keep happening and whether they’ll ever stop.
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