Congressional interest in the security of offshore energy infrastructure has increased because of the lives lost and the substantial damages that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon incident in April 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard -- a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- is the lead federal agency for maritime security, including the security of offshore energy infrastructure. The Coast Guard oversees two main types of offshore energy ...
The nation's economy and security are heavily dependent on oil, gas, and other energy commodities. Nearly half of the nation's oil is natural transported from overseas by tankers. For example, about 49 percent of the nation's crude oil supply-one of the main sources of gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil, and many other petroleum products-was transported by tanker into the United States in 2009.11 The remaining oil and natural gas used ...
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