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Offshore Drilling in the Sunshine State

by Jane Van Ryan
Mar. 1, 2010

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Offshore drilling will be on the agenda when Florida's annual legislative session begins tomorrow. No legislation has been introduced yet, but AP reports that resolutions have been introduced to lift drilling bans in federal waters near Florida's coastline.

Although a poll has shown that a majority of Americans support offshore drilling, the debate continues. And last week, a Florida think tank released a new study on Florida's potential energy reserves.

The study acknowledges that natural gas exists in federal waters west of Apalachicola, but it says that the amount of oil estimated in state waters (within three miles of the shoreline only) would boost U.S. oil supplies by only up to 1 percent.

Does that mean drilling proposals should be abandoned? Of course not.

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The New Energy Tour

by Jane Van Ryan
Mar. 1, 2010

Last week on EnergyTomorrow.org, we relaunched a portion of the site called the "Interactive Tech Tour," now simply known as the "Energy Tour." The Energy Tour allows visitors to learn more about different facets of the oil and natural gas industry by choosing from four different themes:

Access: As global demand for energy rises, the United States possesses untapped oil and natural gas that can developed to power the economy well into the future.
Technology: After decades-long investments of hundreds of billions of dollars, advanced technology is enabling America's oil and natural gas companies to access more resources from remote places with significantly less impact on the environment.
Energy From All Sources: We live in a growing world that will continue to require oil, natural gas and... more »

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