Author: Nick Hunter

Publisher: Heinemann Library 2012

Pages: 56

Description: Offshore oil drilling happens around the world. And, in shallow waters, most people agree that it's a pretty safe practice. But with recent technology, oil reserves have been spotted at depths of a mile or more below the surface, heading to a new kind of Deepwater offshore drilling. Some people have worried that this practices not safe enough yet, and after the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, many more agreed that Deepwater drilling should be stopped. But what about the regions whose economies depend on this kind of oil drilling? And what about the world's need for more oil? This book aims to explain the difficulty of extracting oil and covers both sides of the debate on whether or not the risks outweigh the rewards.