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New Deepwater Drilling Technology: How it Works

Chevron is leading the development of new technologies to tap the oil that lies deep beneath the ocean floor. Navigating uncertain weather conditions, freezing water and crushing pressure, deepwater drilling is one of the most technologically challenging ways of finding and extracting oil.

Seismic Technology: Key to Finding Oil and Natural Gas

Chevron employee Julia Baggs explains how we use seismic technology to search for oil and natural gas beneath the surface of the earth.

Major Deepwater Oil Discovery in the Gulf of Mexico

The Blind Faith Platform is the company's deepest offshore production facility, with subsea wells located in 7,000 feet (2,134 meters) of water.