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[[Image:Petroleum_field_at_Moreni.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oil drilling rigs (c. 1920)]]
[[Image:Petroleum_field_at_Moreni.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oil drilling rigs (c. 1920)]]
'''Oil drilling''' is the [[commerce|commercial]] activity of [[drill]]ing for, and exploiting [[subterranean]] [[petroleum]] or [[hydrocarbon]] [[resource]]s.
'''Oil drilling''' is the [[commerce|commercial]] activity of [[drill]]ing for, and exploiting [[subterranean]] [[petroleum]] or [[hydrocarbon]] [[resource]]s.
Many humans frown on oil drilling as a dirty energy policy. Even [[Chris Christie]], even though he struggles with [[obesity]], is not into oil drilling.[http://www.foxsports.com/tennis/story/chris-christie-serena-venus-williams-attractive-maria-sharapova-wozniacki-martina-carton-060916] This has saved the environment off the coast of [[New Jersey]].
For decades there has been a federal [[moratorium]] on new offshore oil drilling for much of the continental United States. In September 2008, under pressure by high oil prices and the status of drilling as a Presidential campaign issue, [[Congress]] refrained from renewing the ban and allowed it to sunset.
For decades there has been a federal [[moratorium]] on new offshore oil drilling for much of the continental United States. In September 2008, under pressure by high oil prices and the status of drilling as a Presidential campaign issue, [[Congress]] refrained from renewing the ban and allowed it to sunset.