The Fossil Fuels In The Gulf Of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin surrounded by North America and Cuba. It is the world’s ninth largest water body. Its estimated date of formation is around 300 million years ago. It was probably the result of seafloor sinking. |
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Though the world over people are talking of the fast depletion of fossil fuels, there are some ocean scientists who believe that there is still much natural gas and petroleum buried deep under the sea. This is seemingly true of the Gulf of Mexico. It is estimated that tons mud rich in plankton is still under the sea. Planktons, as we all know, contribute to the formation of petroleum and its products. Hence there is petrol still left under the ground of the sea, along with natural gas and coal. All these can be found 8,000 feet deep under the Gulf of Mexico. The plants that resulted in the making of the three fossil fuels were rapidly covered by layers of silt and mud. This could have occurred due to the fall of a meteor which resulted in covering the earth with a layer of dirt or soil. Scientists cite this reason for the possibility of crude oil and petroleum being deep under the Gulf of Mexico. This meteor hit can also explain why the Gulf is deep in certain areas. The likelihood of finding oil in these deep spots increases.
In the year 2006, 470 million barrels of oil and tons of natural gas was found in the Gulf of Mexico. This was the case even in 2005. According to these records, there was an increase of 4 million barrels of oil in only a year’s time. This shows that there is still a lot of potential crude oil and natural gas that can be extracted from the Gulf.
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Coal, oil and natural gas are the fossil fuels that we use in our day to day lives without realizing their importance. Fossil fuels are being used everywhere; for running transportation on both land and sky, for heating homes in winters and lightening them up at night. They are the backbone of our modern society. 
