From the MMS's Kids Page on Oil Rigs:

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Stacey Visits an Offshore Oil Rig

Stacey can't sleep. She's too excited. Tomorrow she's going to work with her Dad. Her friend Susie is helping her mom at the bakery. Tanya is going to the office with her dad. But Stacey is going on a special trip.

Stacey's going out into the Gulf of Mexico on a boat. Her Dad works on an oil rig. He looks for oil buried deep in the rocks under the water.
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"Doesn't any of the oil leak into the water?"

"We're very careful, Stacey. We know that oil can pollute the water and hurt the fish and plants. We do everything we can to keep any oil from leaking into the water. Let me show you what I do."

Her Dad leads Stacey into a room filled with computers and machines.

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Stacey smiles. "I'm glad you take care of the water, Dad. You know how important that is to me."

http://www.mms.gov/mmskids/explore/explore.htm

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