Presently, the number of oil drilling operations has grown significantly, especially in remote locations. Definitely, this not only has brought economic profit, but also has impact on the environment.
In fact, access to remote places around the world caused so much oil drilling. Nevertheless, this is often accompanied be a number of problems. Oil spill in marine ecosystems may lead to serious water and beach pollution. The development of oil fields often leads to disruption of the animals’ migration routes and the disappearance of their natural habitats. Besides, it has large impact on fauna and flora in surrounding regions, greenhouse emissions and the ecological imbalance. In remote areas, where ecosystems are typically more vulnerable, such impacts can have long-term and catastrophic consequences. Proof of this, an oil and gas fields in the Arctic cause a bad influence on its ecosystem. The melting ice and the marine pollution are causing ecologists and conservationists concern, because it can lead to the global warming.
However, such operations have also brought economic benefits to some countries. For many nations, oil drilling in remote place has become a key source of their income and economic growth. For example, the development of oil fields in North Sea brought significant finances to Norway. It contributed to the the creation of new job places and infrastructure in remote regions of this country.
Thus, despite oil drilling has large impact on ecology, animals’ world and surroundings of remote regions, there are also some benefits and significant income from these fields. In my opinion, there needs to be a balance between economic benefits and environmental protection, since imbalance consequences will be long-lasting and even tragical.