freedomWell

How oil is drilled (UCS)
Oil Exploration and Discovery

Cambridge's Freedom Well has first been proposed at Dimensions Variable, Site Fixed, an exhibit at the Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in November of 2005. Nineteen international artists created proposals for projects with these parameters:

"The dimensions for the proposed creation can be variable, ranging from inches to meters from two to four dimensions; but the site is fixed--Cambridge, home of the Cambridge Arts Council, known for its commissions of public work." - organizer Mary Sherman

What about the Environment?

Can an oil well - an urban oil well - operate in an environmentally friendly manner? Urban oil wells exist in the United States as well as in many cities worldwide. Are they safe? What kinds of compromises are we willing to make in our own backyards, to achieve a cheap and secure energy supply?

This topic is too big for this website. And we're not scientists.

On our minds, though, are the long-term environmental consequences of short-term thinking. Below are some links. Many more can of course be found in any good Google search.

United States
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Senate votes to open arctic refuge to oil drilling (March 2005)
List of web resources about the ANWR debate
Environmental News Network (ENN)

The Caucases*
Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus
World Wildlife in Caucuses

The Baku-Tiblisi-Jehan pipeline

Ecology <Flash slideshow>	Oil field <Flash slideshow>
Refining Facility <Flash slideshow> Photos: Mirnaib, Baku	Pipeline "Boru" <Flash slideshow>

Thanks to Dave Knudsen for all of his help on this project.