Offshore drilling: What's all the noise about seismic surveying?

April 15, 2015

One of the flashpoints in the debate over offshore drilling for oil and natural gas centers on seismic surveying, an effective but controversial way to search for energy deposits.

Two Bureau of Ocean Energy Management public meetings on using "air guns" off the North Carolina coast are scheduled for Kill Devil Hills April 27.

Here's a primer to help you understand what all the noise is about.

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