89

Percentage of working Americans in industries with higher injury rates than oil and gas extraction. Only commercial banking, insurance carriers and certified public accountants fare better. Child day-care services were twice as high as oil and gas extraction. Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

21

Number of fatal workplace injuries in oil and gas extraction during 2008. Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

5,214

Total US fatal workplace injuries during 2008. Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

2

Number of industries with fewer fatalities that oil and gas extraction in 2008. These were newspaper publishers and nursing and residential-care facilities. Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

73

Percent of Gulf of Mexico production by 284 independents. Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

1.1

Percent of all petroleum discharges from oil and gas drilling into North American marine environments. Sources: National Research Council of the National Academies, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

20.8

Percent of all petroleum discharges from river runoff into North American marine environments. Sources: National Research Council of the National Academies, Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

15

Barrels of oil spilled in shallow waters during the last 15 years. Source: Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

11,070

Number of shallow-water wells drilled in that time. Source: Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition.

4

Number of drilling rigs, including fixed platforms, for which the Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement has accepted one-time BOP certifications for floating drilling operations required under Notice to Lessees 2010-N05. Source: BOEM.

4

Number of permits approved by BOEM under NTLs N05 and N06 as of 31 August. Source: BOEM.

46

Total jackup fleet in the Gulf of Mexico

25

Number of GOM jackups waiting on BOEM permits and therefore idled as of 31 Aug. Source: Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition

37

Projected number of GOM waiting on BOEM permits and therefore idled as of 30 October. Source: Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition

9.2 million

Number of full- and part-time US jobs nationwide provided, directly and indirectly, by the oil and natural-gas industry. This is 5.2 percent of total US employment. Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers: The Economic Impacts of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry on the US Economy, Labor Income and Value Added. American Petroleum Institute, 2009.