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Is On-Land Oil Drilling the Way to Prevent Another Deep Water Disaster?

Tiger — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:37:31 +0000

Sarah Palin may be on to something. In a recent Facebook post, she blames the extreme environmentalists for causing the BP Oil Rig disaster by forcing oil companies to drill off shore by heavily regulating on-shore drilling. If safe, above ground rigs were options for oil companies, we wouldn’t be as dependent on risky off-shore endeavors, she argues.

On-land drilling is much less invasive and much more controllable. With the BP oil spill a mile below water, stopping the leak will take months—possible till August. Such a leak couldn’t occur above ground. Above ground rigs work like straws, gently pull oil up out of the ground while only disturbing a small portion of the area, and not in a dramatic way. Being able to offset the need for deep water drilling by using more swabbing rigs and above ground oil rigs would ultimately mean fewer disasters of the same proportions as the current spill.

Tiger General is proud to support clean above ground drilling efforts. Encourage safe oil and look into investing in your OWN swabbing rig!

Oil or Supreme Court: Which makes news?

Tiger — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:08:24 +0000

It seems all the news has covered over the past few weeks is the oil spill and the Supreme Court nomination. We wondered: which dominated more of the media?

According to the Project for Excellence in journalism, the top two stories in the past week were the Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination and the BP Oil rig explosion.

The Oil rig won out, getting 17% of all media coverage this week. Kagan got only 13% of the media coverage. The disparity in media coverage says a lot about how important of a commodity oil is. When the oil market is disrupted, the oil industry gets a monumental about of media coverage.

Whether the oil news is a change in prices, a drop in availability or an environmental disaster, crude oil is one of the most important elements in keeping our modern commodity market running.

Off-Shore Drilling May Be Risky…

Tiger — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:37:08 +0000

Ever since the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, oil can been seen on the top of the water, coating marine life and local animals in a thick coating of crude oil. Many are questioning the prudence of such drilling, but Tiger General has good news!

There’s a way to drill that doesn’t endanger any sea-faring creatures or risk spilling oil in the ocean on a trip from an ocean rig to the land. Swabbing Rigs ease environmentally concerned minds by offering a way to access oil without taking a trip to the seas, and without transporting oil across the water every time it’s extracted.

Tiger General encourages you to support the exploration of energy sources and the safer methods of extracting oil with mobile, land rigs.

Obama Announces Off-Shore Drilling Expansion

Tiger — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:06:59 +0000

On Wednesday, President Obama reversed a ban on oil drilling off of most U.S. shorelines. This expansion of US drilling could put oil and natural gas platforms along the coastlines of southern Atlantic states, the coasts of Alaska and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Obama addressed the issue from Andrews air base outside Washington, saying, “This is not a decision that I’ve made lightly,” and trying to console some of the environmental outcry that is expected. At the end of a year-long investigative process, however, Obama decided that a drilling expansion would benefit the entire nation by providing more energy, jobs and domestic business opportunities.