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Offshore Oil Recovery

Offshore Oil Reserves      More than 10 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are stranded in proven and unproven State and Federal reservoirs off the coast of California.  Due to environmental issues associated with offshore drilling including the risk of oil spills, public law prohibits offshore drilling thereby stranding these resources. Northern CA Region  Central/Southern CA Regions Recovering Stranded Offshore Oil      The underground approach to recover offshore oil addresses the environmental concerns which prompted the 1982 Federal moratorium on offshore drilling and the subsequent State of California offshore drilling ban.  Underground Energy has a viable, environmentally sensitive, underground approach to recover the offshore oil and gas without any structures in the water or risk of oil spills.  Using a combination of subsea tunnels, shafts and directionally drilled wells, offshore reservoirs can be produced without any of the environmental concerns associated with conventional offshore drilling and production operations using drill platforms and pipelines on the ocean floor.  Utilizing an onshore location for construction of a shaft, tunnel and subsea drilling cavern, Underground Energy plans to produce known oil-bearing reservoirs in an environmentally sensitive approach that fully protects the shoreline and the ocean by containing all of the production facilities underground. Offshore Access Tunnel (20' Diameter) Benefits of an underground approach: Addresses Environmental concerns which prompted the 1982 Federal moratorium Eliminates structures in the water Eliminates risks of spills Eliminates disturbance of natural ocean habitat