Energy+From+The+Sea

=__**Energy from the sea **__=

Oceans contain a lot of energy in the form of heat, currents, tides, and waves. It is very costly to manage these kinds of energy with the technology these days. Places have an electric plant powered by ocean waves. Using ocean energy is going to be difficult for the future engineers.

Forms of energy such as fossil fuels are found in the ocean floor. If offshore oil field is close to land, oil may be pumped onshore through pipelines laid along the sea floor. If drilling is father from land, the oil is stored in huge tanks on the sea floor. The oil is then pumped into oil tankers that carry it to a nearby port.

To get the fuel, from the ocean drills are lowered from big floating platforms. The platforms are token out to sea and anchored down to the sea floor. About 20% of the world’s oil is by undersea drilling.

If offshore oil field is close to land, the oil may be pumped onshore through pipelines laid across the sea floor. Is drilling is along way from land, the oil is stored in big tanks on the sea floor. Then once it is stored there are smaller tanks that pump it into tankers that carry it to a close port.

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What are the dangers of getting oil and gas from the ocean floor? There stories about oil tankers that leak their oil. Workers that work on offshore drilling platforms risk their lives in sea storms with strong winds and high waves. Also in earthquakes.