. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Force, says there are no plans for any major onshore facilities such as a refinery. And even if oil companies go all the way to production of oil, the direct benefits to North Carolina would be minimal. But he doesn't exclude the possibility of North Carolina gaining from the oil exploration since any offshore oil operation has to have an onshore support base. (Morehead City has been chosen as the site for a sup- port base.) As development offshore increases, says Vernon, onshore activity will in- crease a
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Force, says there are no plans for any major onshore facilities such as a refinery. And even if oil companies go all the way to production of oil, the direct benefits to North Carolina would be minimal. But he doesn't exclude the possibility of North Carolina gaining from the oil exploration since any offshore oil operation has to have an onshore support base. (Morehead City has been chosen as the site for a sup- port base.) As development offshore increases, says Vernon, onshore activity will in- crease and that will generate some revenues in the state. Angela Waldorf, associate director of the Petroleum Council, says local merchants will benefit when the oil companies contract for services for employees on the drill ship. Chevron, the company first in line to begin drilling, estimates it will be buying food for three meals a day for a crew of 100 as well as supplies to main- tain the drill ship. But as for local residents looking to land a job on an oil rig, Waldorf says that probably won't happen because the state's work force isn't technically trained for oil drilling. Most of the workers will be from out-of-state. They'll work on a rig for two weeks, then take a helicopter to the airport and fly home. The federal government stands to gain considerably from offshore oil ex- ploration, whether oil is discovered or not. In 1981, total receipts from bonuses, rents, rights of way, royalties and interest on leases put $12 billion into the federal treasury. Some of that money comes back to the state in the form of the Coastal Energy Impact Program (CEIP), but at this point, there are no direct funds coming to the state as a result of offshore oil leases. will have "several unavoidable, ad- verse environmental effects," all of which will be "temporary, localized and ; According to the report, air quality will be affected by emissions from the shi
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