The Oil Rig Disease

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Rigs: 1942-2005 from tsinn on Vimeo.

This video by the Swordpress graphically shows how the Gulf of Mexico has been transformed from a wilderness to an urban ocean in only six decades. Note the deeper wells are represented by larger dots and how that trend has developed over time. HT Deep Sea News.