Deepwater
Offshore drilling catastrophe
Deepwater describes water deep enough for large vessels to navigate, or activities occurring in deep ocean waters.
A deepwater port can accommodate ships with significant draft.
Deepwater drilling extracts oil or gas from the ocean floor far below the surface, often miles down.
The term also appears in the name of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, an offshore drilling rig explosion that caused a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Long narrow excavation
- abyssalExtremely deep, unmeasurable
- pressureForce upon contact
- fathomNautical depth unit
- MarianaName for deepest waters
seafloor · zonation · bathyscaphe · submersible · sonar · bathymetry · crushing · darkness
Away from land
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- platformRaised flat structure
- extractionAct of removing
BP · Halliburton · wellbore · blowout · reservoir · lease · barrel · oilfield
Not yet discovered
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- secretsConcealed information
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
uncharted · unexplored · hidden · darkness · lost · sunken · discovery · expedition
Bioluminescent deep-sea predator
- giant squidLargest known invertebrate
- bioluminescenceOrganism-generated light emission
- viperfishBioluminescent deep-sea predator
- fangtoothDeep-sea fish, huge teeth
dragonfish · sea cucumber · amphipod · isopod · tubeworm · chemosynthesis · hydrothermal vent · benthic
trench
Long narrow excavation
Mariana · seafloor · zonation · bathyscaphe · submersible · sonar · bathymetry · crushing · darkness · descent
offshore
Away from land
extraction · BP · Halliburton · wellbore · blowout · reservoir · lease · barrel · oilfield · spill
unknown
Not yet discovered
unfathomable · uncharted · unexplored · hidden · darkness · lost · sunken · discovery · expedition · sonar
anglerfish
Bioluminescent deep-sea predator
- giant squidLargest known invertebrate
- bioluminescenceOrganism-generated light emission
- viperfishBioluminescent deep-sea predator
fangtooth · dragonfish · sea cucumber · amphipod · isopod · tubeworm · chemosynthesis · hydrothermal vent · benthic · whale fall
- Delaware RiverDelaware Bay, Delaware River, river valley, Trenton, river basin
Deepwatershallow water
Low-depth aquatic area
shallows · shoal · shallow · knee-deep · ankle-deep
Deepwatercoastal
Of the shoreline
nearshore · inshore · shoreline · littoral · coastal waters
- Deepwater HorizonFailed offshore drilling platform
deep, water, deepen, deepened, deepening, deeper, deepest, deeply, deepness