In this NASA video segment learn about offshore oil drilling. Color animation is used to demonstrate how oil is collected from the ground. This segment also discusses oil polluting the ocean.
Duration : 0:2:49
Our World: Offshore Oil Drilling
British oil ambitions fuel fresh row over Falklands
Tensions are mounting over British plans to start oil production near the Falkland Islands. London says drilling will start on Sunday despite Argentina’s vehement opposition.
Duration : 0:2:31
Obama on Clean Energy: Build Safe, Clean Nuclear Power Plants; New Offshore Oil & Gas Development
(1/27/10) Barack Obama–State of the Union: “To create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. That means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies.”
Background Article:
“Obama Said to Seek $54 Billion in Nuclear-Power Loan Guarantees”: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a44IdhfYkf2s
Duration : 0:3:15
New Oil and Gas Exploration
Growing up in and around Texas oilfields, this topic holds a special interest for me.
(from “The Faces of the Earth” series: Building the Planet)
Duration : 0:9:55
Toyota’s Jim Lentz Predicts Peak Oil by 2020
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/17/The_Future_of_the_Auto_Industry_with_Toyotas_James_Lentz
James Lentz, President and COO of Toyota Motor Sales, predicts “we will probably see peak oil sometime around the end of the next decade.” Foreseeing a steady rise in the cost of gasoline, Lentz advocates for the continued development of alternatives to oil such as battery power and fuel cells.
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Though the auto industry seemed on the brink of collapse, the recent Cash for Clunkers program arguably helped to jump-start the car economy and get wheels moving again. But what does this really mean for cars and drivers today?
During the recession, will the demand for smarter, cleaner models continue, or will people choose to skimp on driving altogether? Industry veteran James Lentz will discuss the future of cars in America. – Commonwealth Club of California
Jim Lentz is president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Lentz is also a member of the companys board of directors, and serves in a global advisory capacity as managing officer for the parent company Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan.
He has overall responsibility for sales, marketing and distribution for Toyota, Scion and Lexus products in the United States, in addition to overseeing all corporate matters at TMS.
Lentz attended the University of Denver where he earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and economics and a Masters in Business Administration Finance.
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Bush Looks Offshore to Fix High Oil Prices
PlusBush Looks Offshore to Fix High Oil PricesBush Looks Offshore to Fix High Oil PricesThe Associated PressWith gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its longstanding ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying that the United States needs to increase its energy production. (June 18)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available.
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KO Countdown : Bushed 080714 : Offshore Drilling Wont Help
MSNBC
Countdown
Bushed
2008-07-14
Offshore drilling won’t help
According to President Bush’s Energy Information Administration, offshore oil production can’t start until 2013 & the sites can’t significantly impact U.S. production until 2026.
When oil finally flows at that time, the EIA says the offshore impact on prices would be “insignificant.”
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War? What War?-Gate
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America For Sale-Gate
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Seerial Driller-Gate
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Source
http://msnbc.com
Duration : 0:3:18
The Cost of Oil: Voices from the Arctic (Trailer)
This film is an outline of the effects of offshore oil production in the Arctic Ocean just off the coast of northern Alaska. The native people have lived off the land for over 2000 years using the resources provided by the ocean. The plan for offshore oil development in this region has posed a huge threat to these people’s way of life. Not only will oil drilling have an impact on their subsistence lifestyle, but their cultural heritage may also be at risk.
The film is a compilation of interviews with the native peoples living on the North Slope of Alaska and expert geophysicists, biologists, oil production specialists, environmentalists, linguists and ethnologists. These interviews have been added to footage taken from the arctic tundra of Alaska resulting in a powerful piece that shows some of the imminent danger that the world may face in drilling for oil in the dangerous Arctic Ocean.
Stone Soup Productions © 2008
Duration : 0:6:47
Lt. Governor John Garamendi Critiques PXP Off-Shore Oil Drilling Deal in Santa Barbara (1 of 2)
On a two-to-one vote, the California State Lands Commission, chaired by Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, denied the first new oil lease in state waters in almost 40 years.
Garamendi, former Deputy Interior Secretary under President Bill Clinton, argued strongly that the plan would signal that California wants to open offshore drilling and supporters would push for more oil exploration on the West Coast.
I refuse to let this lease move forward, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi said. Approving a drilling proposal will undercut congressional efforts to reintroduce a federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling earlier lifted by the Bush Administration.
The Lieutenant Governor chairs the three-member State Lands Commission, which considered the request to lease land to the Plains Exploration & Production Company to expand drilling off the coast of California.
The Lieutenant Governor, who has consistently opposed offshore drilling, recently spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and other members of the California congressional delegation who had significant concerns about the lease undercutting their attempts to reintroduce a federal moratorium on oil exploration off the coast.
The State Lands Commissions staff last week recommended voting down the lease, because there were no sound guarantees that the company would have to shut down the plan.
This proposal is not in the best interests of California, Garamendi said. Approval of this lease would be the first time new offshore oil drilling leases were issued in California waters in more than 40 years — since the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill.
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California State Lands Commission Hearing on Offshore Oil Drilling (3 of 7)
In this clip (in order of appearance):
Tom Sheehy, Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Finance
Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Chair, California State Lands Commission
Controller John Chiang
Video by AGP Video.
SANTA MONICA The California State Lands Commission (SLC), the state agency responsible for approving new oil leases in California, today voted for a resolution to reject a Department of Finance proposal to bypass the SLC to permit oil drilling off the coast of California. Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, chair of the SLC, joined State Controller John Chiang in favor of the resolution, while commission member Tom Sheehy, Chief Deputy Director for the Department of Finance, did not cast a vote as he had to leave the hearing early due to a family emergency.
The State Lands Commission has had the authority to approve oil leases in California since 1937. A copy of the resolution is below.
This is a deliberate attempt to overturn the decision of this body, the State Lands Commission, a decision that was based on the finding that this proposal was not in the interests of the state, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi said. The proposed legislation gives the power to move forward the lease to the Department of Finance, not the legislature.
This is a blatant power grab; the Department of Finance deliberately misrepresented the level of political support behind this, said Susan Jordan, director of the California Coastal Protection Network. It was appalling to watch. They dont like the decision made by the State Lands Commission, but that is precisely why we have an independent commission.
The three-member State Lands Commission originally considered the request to lease land to the Plains Exploration & Production Company to expand drilling off the coast of California in late January, but Garamendi joined State Controller John Chiang in a two-to-one vote to defeat the proposal.
The new drilling proposal offers California a $100 million loan that must be repaid by forgiving future royalty payments to California. This is an incredibly reckless fiscal policy, added Garamendi, chair of- the California Commission for Economic Development. The cleanup costs for 2007s Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco exceeded $70 million, and that was a comparatively minor spill compared to whats possible. California should leave new oil production in the 20th century and reassert its leadership in renewable energy production.
Duration : 0:4:48