CNPC's main services arms are Chuanqing Drilling and Prospecting, Greatwall Drilling, Xibu Drilling, Bohai Drilling.
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Companies drilling on behalf of oil firms in Norwegian waters include Transocean, Dolphin Drilling, Odfjell Drilling, Rowan Companies, Maersk Drilling and Seadrill.
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Western Energy provides contract drilling services through Horizon Drilling in Canada and Stoneham Drilling Corp in the United States.
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Companies drilling on behalf of oil firms in Norwegian waters include Transocean, Maersk Drilling Seadrill, Saipem and Odfjell Drilling.
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Olsen Energy, Odfjell Drilling, Rowan Companies, Maersk Drilling and Seadrill.
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They really worked with him, just drilling and drilling and drilling, because I knew if that scene didn't work, the film wouldn't work.
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Pad drilling involves drilling multiple horizontal wells from a single location.
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Anderson is not opposed to all drilling, just drilling in neighborhoods.
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Oil drilling companies also slumped after a downbeat forecast on drilling.
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ANWR DRILLING: Allows oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Drilling engineers can have a lucrative career in oil, gas or water drilling.
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While increasing offshore drilling, the administration also wants to reduce offshore drilling safeguards.
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A number of drilling firms operate off Norway - including Maersk Drilling, Transocean, Fred.
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It said new technology could minimize the drilling footprint, for instance by horizontal drilling.
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"The drilling success for wildcat drilling was one in 10 wells," Mr. Midkiff said.
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Both Scott and Nelson, a longtime opponent of offshore drilling, opposed the drilling expansion.
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Drilling proponents of drilling have never been this close to achieving their goals, but even the most optimistic among them say actual drilling is a decade or more away.
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It concluded after drilling that the exploration was not worth the costs of drilling in the remote area, so it decided to abandon Arctic drilling for the foreseeable future.
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Advocates against offshore drilling are concerned of possible negative impacts drilling has on marine life.
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The explosive growth is fueled by hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling and other nontraditional drilling techniques.
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Noble Drilling and General Electric Co this year launched a partnership to produce a fully digitized drilling vessel, work the companies said paves the way for an autonomous drilling fleet.
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It does not prevent ETP from finishing drilling activities already started or other non-drilling construction.
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Lower costs and more efficient drilling methods have also contributed to a recovery in U.S. drilling.
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Shares in several oil drilling and exploration companies declined, with Diamond Offshore Drilling sliding the most.
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The drilling rig is owned by Depthwize Nigeria Limited and Drilling on behalf of Conoil Producing.
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The restructuring is complex because it involves so many parties but also because it involves several Seadrill subsidiaries, including North Atlantic Drilling Seadrill Partners, Archer, Sevan Drilling and Asia Offshore Drilling.
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Zinke announced plans last week to greatly expand offshore oil drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic and Pacific oceans, including several possible drilling operations off Florida, where drilling is now blocked.
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YPF's cost cuts would come mainly from drilling longer horizontal wells and drilling technology improvements, Bizzotto said.
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Transocean (RIG) struck a deal to sell 15 drilling rigs to Norway's Borr Drilling for $1.35 billion.
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The Arctic does not have any drilling that is in federal waters with traditional, mobile drilling rigs.
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OSLO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Rig firm North Atlantic Drilling said in a statement: * North Atlantic Drilling Ltd.
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Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House approves two bills to block Trump drilling House GOP rolls out energy proposal to counter Democrats offshore drilling ban MORE (R-Ariz.).
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Borr Drilling competes in the jack-up market with firms such as Shelf Drilling, Ensco N> and Rowan.
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U.S. drilling rigs increased on Friday, increasing sentiment that shale drilling would offset potential cuts from other producers.
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It does not prevent the company from finishing drilling activities already started or other non-drilling construction work.
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Offshore oil drilling company Japan Drilling Co rose 1.3 percent and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co advanced 3.9 percent.
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Getting a deal is complex because 42 banks are involved, as well as bondholders, and the debt involves several Seadrill subsidiaries, including North Atlantic Drilling, Seadrill Partners, Archer, Sevan Drilling and Asia Offshore Drilling.
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Offshore Drilling The Obama Administration has blocked attempts to reopen offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic Ocean for years, citing environmental and human health concerns from drilling and oil spills.
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Jeff DuncanJeffrey (Jeff) Darren DuncanHouse votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge Overnight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House GOP rolls out energy proposal to counter Democrats offshore drilling ban MORE (R-S.C.).
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Once voted to support expanded offshore drilling For years, environmentalists have expressed concern with Clinton's stance on offshore drilling.
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That typically causes drilling companies to cut back on their purchases of steel pipe, machinery and other drilling equipment.
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Rowan formed ARO Drilling with the state oil giant in 2016 to operate offshore drilling rigs in Saudi Arabia.
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Arctic drilling ban Obama's action: Last week Obama indefinitely banned drilling in parts of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
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Drilling opponents have accused the Trump administration of rushing through the process to get leases sold and drilling started.
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Drilling: The Department of the Interior is moving forward with new rules for drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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"If I thought that offshore drilling imperiled the ocean, I would oppose offshore drilling," the Orange County congressman testified.
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The Descramble team started drilling Venelle-2 right around the time the Iceland Deep Drilling Project discovered supercritical fluids.
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A Turkish drilling ship, the Fatih, has been anchored west of Cyprus since early May and recently began drilling.
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Oil investors were also cautious after U.S. drilling rig data published by Baker Hughes on Friday showed explorers increased oil drilling capacity for the second time in three weeks, extending a 15-month recovery in drilling.
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The National Hydrocarbons Commission is reviewing the application for drilling permits, which are required to start drilling operations, Talos said.
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Transocean – The oilfield services company struck a deal to sell 15 drilling rigs to Norway's Borr Drilling for $1.35 billion.
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While drilling that first pipe, the company spilled about 2 million gallons of drilling fluid into a wetland in April.
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Any new drilling would be years away and come after further environmental review and drilling rights sales, among other steps.
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Making matters riskier, the Trump administration is expanding offshore drilling just as it abandons attempts to keep oil drilling safe.
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Offshore drilling: "On my first day as president, I will sign an executive order that says no more drilling — a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases, including for drilling offshore and on public lands," Warren said.
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Higher oil prices and lower drilling costs are driving appetite for exploration and supporting a recovery of the offshore drilling market.
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Last November, oil firm Aker BP signed a five-year integrated well service alliances with Halliburton, Odfjell Drilling and Maersk Drilling.
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The groups often fight individual drilling applications and lease sales, as well as larger efforts to increase drilling on federal land.
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The groups often fight individual drilling applications and lease sales, as well as larger efforts to increase drilling on federal land.
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Any lease sale or drilling would likely be years away, assuming there is enough industry interest in the area for drilling.
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Seven areas offered for new drilling would be in Pacific waters off California, where drilling has been off limits for decades.
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In cases where drilling was permitted in the habitat, it came with restrictions such as bans on drilling during mating season.
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Pennsylvania, for instance, bans drilling within 200 feet of a building, and unconventional gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing, within 500 feet.
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The Blue New Deal calls for an immediate halt to new offshore oil drilling and phasing out of existing offshore drilling.
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Obama administration regulators set tight standards for Arctic Ocean oil drilling, and eventually proposed a moratorium on drilling lease sales there.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) said on Sunday its drilling subsidiary, Arabian Drilling Company, has agreed to buy Schlumberger's Middle East onshore drilling rigs business in Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and Pakistan for $415 million.
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In the last two years, drilling has improved so much, individual Laredo rigs are drilling 2.5 times more than they used to.
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We have some proprietary drilling software and modeling that we do that has helped to reduce our cost on the drilling side.
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That gain has stirred onshore drilling and production but has not been enough to boost the more costly offshore and deepwater drilling.
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Zinke is asked specifically to consider drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, which haven't had new drilling rights sales in years.
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The primary leading indicator for future production is drilling, and the combined Mexican drilling fleet is down to only six total rigs.
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Those employees work on exploration and production drilling rigs owned by Saipem, Transocean, Songa Offshore, Odfjell Drilling , Archer and COSL, among others.
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After the BP drilling disaster, we cannot afford to loosen common sense safety measures while increasing risky drilling operations in the Gulf.
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Changes in drilling costs, for example, have been closely associated with changes in the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas.
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ANWR drilling opponents accused the Trump administration of rushing the process toward drilling and pledged to fight the administration at every step.
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These units, such as Daqing Drilling, Greatwall Drilling and Bohai Drilling, are currently under CNPC's engineering and technology division, which had total assets worth 172.3 billion yuan ($26.10 billion) and employed 180,000 staff as of the end of 2016, Caixin said.
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Elon Musk's tunnel-drilling company made millions over the weekend by selling a product that has nothing to do with tunnels or drilling.
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The companies include Salalah Methanol Co and a drilling company, Rumhy told reporters without naming the drilling firm or giving any financial details.
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Both activities contaminate on a massive scale: coca farming because of its monoculture dependence on industrial pesticide, oil drilling because it's oil drilling.
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"Obama hasn't shut down drilling – what has shut down drilling is price," Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens, a Trump supporter, told Reuters.
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In response, the pro-drilling Arctic Energy Center conducted a survey of 511 Alaskans that found 76 percent supported drilling in Arctic waters.
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One of the drilling companies affected, Odfjell Drilling, warned of financial losses and of contract cancellations if the strike lasts "a long time".
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Just last week he announced a ban on Arctic gas and oil drilling, only a month before pro-drilling Donald Trump takes office.
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Authorities have also come across equipment used by gas and drilling companies, including horizontal directional drilling machines, which are used to build pipelines.
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GREENS SUE TRUMP OVER OFFSHORE DRILLING: Environmentalists are suing the Trump administration over last week's offshore drilling executive order, saying it is illegal.
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The Trump administration has proposed allowing drilling in the Atlantic for the first time since the 1980s, but hasn't allowed any drilling yet.
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Shelf Drilling, the world's largest shallow water driller by the fleet size, competes with such companies as Ensco , Rowan, Seadrill and Borr Drilling.
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Businesses and households are spending up to $17,000 drilling boreholes hoping to strike water, according to local drilling company Drillco CEO, Trevor Hennings.
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Offshore drilling is deeply unpopular in Florida, where nearly 85033 percent of voters in 2018 approved a constitutional amendment to ban offshore drilling.
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Further, offshore drilling faces competition from onshore U.S. shale drilling, which can be started up and shut down quickly as oil prices fluctuate.
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This new offshore drilling announcement comes shortly after the new Republican tax law became a Trojan horse for new drilling in the Arctic.
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"Given the national, cumulative nature of climate change, considering each individual drilling project in a vacuum deprives the agency and the public of the context necessary to evaluate oil and gas drilling on federal land before irretrievably committing to that drilling," Contreras wrote.
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"I'm here not just to say 'no to offshore drilling' but 'hell no to offshore drilling,'" added Cunningham, who said he would introduce legislation next year to reinstate a ban on U.S. offshore drilling that had been renewed by President Barack Obama.
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"I'm here not just to say 'no to offshore drilling' but 'hell no to offshore drilling,'" added Cunningham, who said he would introduce legislation next year to reinstate a ban on U.S. offshore drilling that had been renewed by President Barack Obama.
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"Given the national, cumulative nature of climate change, considering each individual drilling project in a vacuum deprives the agency and the public of the context necessary to evaluate oil and gas drilling on federal land before irretrievably committing to that drilling," he wrote.
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The legislation would provide for Alaska and Atlantic Coast states to take shares of revenue from future offshore oil drilling in those areas, end the president's authority to withdraw offshore areas for drilling and require all planned offshore drilling rights sales to occur.
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The company is also considering reducing its heavy oil drilling program in the second half, and switching to more light oil drilling, McKay said.
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Trump ordered the Interior Department to write a new plan for offshore drilling rights sales and to consider areas currently off-limits to drilling.
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PARK FUNDING, OFFSHORE DRILLING BILLS ADVANCE: The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a trio of bills Thursday on park funding and offshore drilling revenue.
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Drilling costs have a strong cyclical component and track changes in drilling activity with an average lag of two to three months (tmsnrt.rs/2oL30Sg).
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There has been little upturn in drilling for gas despite a big increase in the number of rigs drilling wells for oil since May.
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During the recent downturn, many drilling firms were forced to agree fixed-price contracts that will keep drilling costs contained for much of 2017.
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The most contentious piece of last year's proposal is to allow drilling off the Atlantic coast, which has never seen drilling beyond exploratory wells.
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Producers like Continental rely on expensive drilling methods like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling to squeeze oil and natural gas from shale rock formations.
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The Friday order would be aimed primarily at expanding drilling by directing the Interior Department to review the current schedule for offshore drilling allowances.
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"All we've seen is increases" in drilling activity, said Clint Concord, a sales manager at drilling services firm Byrd Oilfield Services in Midland, Texas.
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Greenpeace said an analysis of Total's environmental assessment of its planned drilling, underestimated the risks of drilling and other support activities in the area.
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MORE's most recent five-year plan for offshore drilling lease sales, which had no drilling around Alaska or in the Pacific or Atlantic oceans.
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Obama administration regulators put tight conditions on drilling activities in the Arctic and eventually decided to prohibit the sale of new drilling leases there.
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She has been an ardent supporter of Oklahoma's drilling industry and has blocked attempts to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a controversial drilling technology.
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But, in connection with Trump's order, it starts the process of repealing four of Interior's oil and natural gas drilling rules for federal land: one on fracking, one limiting methane emissions, one on drilling in national parks and one on drilling in wildlife refuges.
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The proposal would have opened up drilling sites more than 50 miles off Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia to oil drilling by 2021.
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"It's the biggest drilling ship of our science area, so the drilling capability is three times longer, or deeper, than the previous (vessels)," Abe said.
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Nelson vehemently opposes expanding drilling in the waters near Florida and he thinks the Cassidy amendment would provide fresh incentives to states to expand drilling.
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The employees joining the action work on exploration and production drilling rigs owned by Saipem, Transocean, Songa Offshore, Odfjell Drilling, Archer and COSL, among others.
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Bill Cassidy's (R-La.) revenue sharing bill for offshore drilling would give states an incentive to allow oil and natural gas drilling off their shores.
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Copenhagen-listed conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk is expected to try to sell its drilling arm, Maersk Drilling, but has not found a buyer so far.
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But as more of the drilling fleet is reactivated, drilling companies are likely to regain some power to push through price increases onto their customers.
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It led to the oil and gas boom of recent years, which has centered on shale drilling, a kind of drilling that usually includes fracking.
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So he always had not just a system for drilling teeth but, like, the laser system for drilling teeth that was controlled by the computer.
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The financing is being raised principally for the drilling of exploration and drilling wells, development wells and the construction of gas processing facilities, he said.
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Obama took drilling in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans off the table until 2628, and blocked drilling indefinitely in select Arctic and Atlantic areas.
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The oil drilling company shed 53 cents, or 5 percent, to $10 after its leaders said they did not expect drilling to increase anytime soon.
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Historically conventional gas drilling would see one gas well to each single well pad, but the growth of fracking and horizontal drilling has changed everything.
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Drilling offshore Guyana is part of 23 drilling projects Total aims to carry out in 2019 in its biggest oil exploration drive in recent years.
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Oil and gas production has been growing in recent years in the United States, thanks mostly to unconventional drilling techniques like fracking and horizontal drilling.
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Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Andy Mack notes Arctic drilling can be safe, based on previous successful drilling in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay.
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The Obama administration recognized the widespread, grassroots opposition to drilling in all of these areas and the Atlantic when it maintained protections against offshore drilling.
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When Zinke opened up public comments on a potential new drilling plan last year, Scott's Department of Environmental Protection raised concerns with drilling near Florida.
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The Trump administration also wants to open the ANWR to drilling and assumed $1.8 billion in government income over the next decade from such drilling.
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Nelson's camp has tied Scott to oil drilling, pointing to the fact that in 2010 when first running for office, Scott said that there must be "sound policies in place" when working to "explore the expansion of domestic drilling in the U.S." Scott now opposes offshore oil drilling, and he immediately tweeted opposition to Trump's oil drilling plan when it was first announced in early January.
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Due to the weak activity, Precision Drilling also posted a bigger loss for the period, but managed to beat analysts' estimates because of improved drilling efficiencies.
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I feel like where I'm at as an artist right now is kind of drilling down into the human experience and drilling down into consciousness itself.
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FERC said it was requiring Rover to immediately obtain independent third-party contractor proposals to further analyze all drilling activity at the Tuscarawas River drilling site.
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Danish business daily Borsen reported in January that Maersk might be looking to peers Norwegian peers Aker, Odfjell Drilling and Borr Drilling to sell the unit.
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The Department of the Interior has announced plans for seismic blasting and new drilling exploration off the East Coast, where drilling has been blocked for decades.
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That includes repealing rules limiting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, the Clean Power Plan, a rule on air pollution from offshore drilling and more.
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Major Drilling, the second-biggest provider of drilling services to miners, told analysts on a recent conference call that customer inquiries were increasing alongside industry demand.
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The ship can carry 6 miles of drilling pipes, and also harnesses GPS and jets that allow it to change its position to allow precise drilling.
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President-elect Donald Trump has spoken about allowing more offshore drilling, and he could rewrite the drilling plan to expand exploration in the Arctic and beyond.
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OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) - Borr Drilling, founded by former executives of financially troubled Seadrill, has snapped up Transocean's fleet of shallow-water drilling rigs for $2219 billion.
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The report did not call on the administration to ban the drilling, but it noted the sensitivity of conducting drilling in the vicinity of military activities.
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LAWMAKERS PUSH BACK ON DRILLING REVIEW: More than 100 lawmakers are urging the Trump administration not to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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That fact alone worries Alaskan drilling interests, who say unilaterally blocking drilling in the American Arctic could drive companies to invest in countries with fewer restrictions.
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Explorer Lakes Oil, which has long waited to begin drilling in Victoria, was not immediately available to comment on the pending end to the drilling ban.
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Trump's order rolled that back, but the administration would still have to separately lease drilling rights to the area in order to open it to drilling.
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Congress set aside ANWR's coastal plain area in the 1970s for potential drilling but dictated that any drilling in the future would require congressional approval first.
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Environmentalists have long opposed opening up the refuge for drilling on various grounds: It's not clear how much oil is actually there, there are ample other lands for drilling in the state, and any drilling of course jeopardizes the environment and would forever change the area's landscape.
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"Given the national, cumulative nature of climate change, considering each individual drilling project in a vacuum deprives the agency and the public of the context necessary to evaluate oil and gas drilling on federal land before irretrievably committing to that drilling," Contreras, an Obama appointee, wrote.
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"Sadly, unlike in 2005, the Republicans who oppose Arctic drilling are not yet willing to draw a line in the sand and oppose the bill unless drilling is removed," said Gene Karpinski, the president of the League of Conservation Voters and a longtime activist against drilling there.
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Arctic drilling: A U.S. federal judge ruled that President Trump's executive order to lift an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean was unlawful, keeping the drilling ban in "full force" and hindering Mr. Trump's efforts to undo his predecessor's environmental legacy.
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Offshore drilling President Obama wants to cement his environmental legacy, so that's why he moved to ban offshore drilling in parts of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
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The April spill occurred while drilling under the Tuscarawas River in Ohio and released about 2 million gallons (7.6 million liters) of drilling fluid into a wetland.
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Neal Kirby, a spokesman for the Independent Petroleum Association of America, which represents small and mid-sized drilling companies, said his members support the administration's drilling plan.
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Nema said one way of reducing companies' costs was to hand drilling operations over to Iraq's state-run drilling firm, or to replace foreign workers with locals.
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In addition to requiring a new five-year drilling plan, the order reverses Obama's decision to place certain parts of the Arctic permanently off limits to drilling.
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Automating drilling decisions can produce more consistent results by cutting out human errors, said Duane Cuku, vice president of sales for rig technology at Precision Drilling Corp.
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TRUMP OFFICIALS HALT PLANS TO EXPAND OFFSHORE DRILLING: The Trump administration is hitting pause on its ambitious and controversial plans to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic.
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But in an aggressive offshore drilling plan proposed in January, the Trump administration considered allowing companies to lease drilling rights in that area in 2023 and 2024.
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Murkowski told Reuters that she and other state leaders are excited at the prospect of drilling in the Arctic Ocean and more drilling in the Cook Inlet.
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The employees who will join the action work on exploration and production drilling rigs owned by Saipem, Transocean, Songa Offshore, Odfjell Drilling, Archer and COSL, among others.
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But greens and Democrats have recognized that their time and options for stopping drilling are running out, particularly since the drilling provision is in a budget bill.
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Seven areas offered for new drilling would be in Pacific waters off California, where drilling has been off limits since a 1969 oil spill near Santa Barbara.
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Leaving the fate of oil drilling in ANWR to lawmakers has let this issue drag out for decades as support and opposition to drilling waxed and waned.
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Then came a frenzy of drilling in American shale fields that became accessible with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, methods designed to unlock hydrocarbons from hard rocks.
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After Mr. Trump signed an executive order to open nearly all coastal waters to offshore drilling, Mr. Murphy signed a law banning offshore drilling in New Jersey.
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Those living near potential drilling sites also do not want their lives disrupted by the large volumes of truck traffic that drilling and fracking a well require.
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Jeff DuncanJeffrey (Jeff) Darren DuncanHouse Republicans add Jordan to Intel panel for impeachment probe House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge Overnight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe MORE (R-S.
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The agency has opened up the East Coast to offshore oil and gas drilling for the first time, loosened the standards of the Endangered Species Act, weakened safety regulations for offshore drilling equipment and reduced the boundaries of national monuments to open the land to mining and drilling.
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Ohio, which asked FERC to ban all of ETP's horizontal directional drilling in November, said in its filing on Friday it wants more information on the Tuscarawas drilling.
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The employees that could walk out on Sunday work on exploration and production drilling rigs owned by Saipem, Transocean, Songa Offshore, Odfjell Drilling, Archer and COSL, among others.
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The condition requires all drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations to be completed within a period of 30 months from the date of starting drilling of the first well.
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An outright sale of Maersk Drilling has been made difficult by oversupply in the drilling rig market, which has yet to recover despite a rebound in oil prices.
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Meanwhile, Poland is pushing for the Baltic Pipe from Norway, where general interest in drilling is surging and where Poland's PGNiG is planning to undertake exploratory offshore drilling.
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Shares of Switzerland-based Transocean fell Monday after international drilling contractor Borr Drilling announced it will acquire 15 of Transocean's rigs in a deal valued at $1.35 billion.
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Precision Drilling Corp said it would buy smaller rival Trinidad Drilling Ltd in a deal valued at C$1.03 billion, trumping a hostile bid from Ensign Energy Services .
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"When people say we're going to be drilling here for decades, that may be true, but we're not going to be drilling great stuff for decades," he said.
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Automating drilling decisions can produce more consistent results by cutting out human errors, said Duane Cuku, vice president of sales for rig technology at Precision Drilling Corp (PD.TO).
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Earlier this year, Trump called for offshore drilling in nearly all U.S. coastal waters, negating a drilling ban former-President Obama imposed near the end of his term.
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World oil markets are seeing a historic supply glut as production has increased in the United States, thanks largely to drilling techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling.
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Labor disputes on drilling rigs typically halt oil and gas exploration and drilling of new production wells at existing fields, but do not affect current production at wells.
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ANWR DRILLING BILL HEADS TO SENATE FLOOR: A Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday allowing for oil and gas drilling a section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
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Speaking to reporters prior to the launching ceremony of Turkey's Yavuz drilling ship, Bilgin said the vessel is planned to start drilling in the region in early July.
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For the first time, a federal judge temporarily halted drilling on federal land because the government did not take into account the climate change impact of that drilling.
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The legislation would increase the royalty rate for drilling on federal lands to 85033 percent, the same as what the federal government charges for drilling in federal waters.
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For supporters of drilling in the Arctic refuge, the tax plan represents the best chance in decades to realize the dream of drilling for oil beneath the tundra.
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Shale proved far more resilient than almost anyone thought possible as producers concentrated drilling and expenditure on the most promising areas, accelerated drilling times and optimised fracturing operations.
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Shale proved far more resilient than almost anyone thought possible as producers concentrated drilling and expenditure on the most promising areas, accelerated drilling times and optimized fracturing operations.
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The current drilling plan, finalized during the Obama administration, blocks drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, though President Trump has indicated he would like to explore for oil there.
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Mr. Zinke has promoted policies aimed at opening the east coast to offshore oil and gas drilling for the first time, loosening the standards of the Endangered Species Act, weakening safety regulations for offshore drilling equipment and shrinking the boundaries of national monuments to open the land to mining and drilling.
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Markwayne MullinMarkwayne MullinDemocrats hold first hearing in push for clean energy by 2050 Overnight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House GOP rolls out energy proposal to counter Democrats offshore drilling ban MORE (R-Okla.).
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There are now more rigs drilling for oil than at the same time a year earlier, the first year-on-year increase in drilling since early 2015 (tmsnrt.rs/2mfVBth).
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So firms are drilling several wells on a single site, to reduce drilling time and costs, and then blasting wells with more water and sand, to extract more oil.
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The oil industry and its allies have pushed Obama to keep Arctic drilling on the table and let market forces decide if drilling should happen in the Arctic seas.
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Obama in March took Atlantic Ocean drilling out of consideration, after floating a small set of drilling rights sales off the coasts of an area between Virginia and Georgia.
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Zinke said he has recently heard concerns about offshore drilling in Santa Barbara, California, and promised that he will listen to local communities when it comes to authorizing drilling.
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Those dry gas declines are expected to continue more-or-less unabated through 85033, with onshore drilling rates indicating that there is no gas directed drilling taking place currently.
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Oil and gas drilling also supports distillate consumption directly because diesel-electric generators provide power for drilling rigs as well as auxiliary supplies for heating, lighting and other operations.
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A Colorado measure would ban hydraulic fracturing, and a Florida measure would block offshore drilling in opposition to a recent effort by the Trump administration to reopen offshore drilling.
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The April spill occurred during horizontal directional drilling under the Tuscarawas River in Ohio and released about 2 million gallons (7.6 million liters) of drilling fluid into a wetland.
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Accordingly, the Turkish navy has been harassing Italian drilling vessels off of Cyprus, and has launched its own drilling vessels to explore for natural gas within Cyprus's territorial waters.
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Four months later, DOI suspended a study into the safety of offshore oil and gas drilling, just days before proposing a massive expansion in the area available for drilling.
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Many residents fear drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico could threaten the tourism and beach industry, a concern heightened by BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling disaster in 28503.
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And the program has been supported by a big cut in contract costs for all aspects of drilling and well completion, enabling drilling to continue despite lower oil prices.
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The Interior Department on Monday began accepting public comments on a new five-year offshore drilling plan, an early step toward rewriting the blueprint for drilling in federal waters.
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"So whether any individual state has taxes or fees to change the pace of the drilling, the pace of the drilling has really only been impacted by market conditions."
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Obama Issues Permanent Offshore Drilling BanPresident Obama has issued an order banning offshore oil and gas drilling in large swaths of federal water in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
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Even though pro-drilling candidates won in hard-fought races, plans to extract natural gas here still have to be approved by Australia's offshore oil and gas drilling regulator.
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The offshore drilling agreements announced recently also eliminate the chance that offshore drilling could take place in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northern shore or in the Pacific Ocean.
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"Something every paleoceanographer dreams of" For decades, the JOIDES Resolution, a 41-year-old ex-oil drilling ship, has served as the community's primary vessel for deep ocean drilling.
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Shareholders should worry that the company has announced a large-scale investment program for new drilling in the U.S. even after three years of its drilling operations losing money.
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GRAPHIC: U.S. oil production, drilling & storage levels - tmsnrt.
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" Luke's response ... "He's not gonna be drilling nothing.
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FERC banned ETP from new horizontal drilling in May after the company spilled around 2 million gallons of drilling fluid into the Tuscarawas River wetland in Ohio, among other things.
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Delek Group directly holds 6.1 percent of Delek Drilling and 8.5 percent of Avner, although its Delek Energy unit owns 63 percent of Delek Drilling and 47.5 percent of Avner.
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BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq has approved a $156.74 million drilling deal with China's Bohai Drilling Engineering Co. for the West Qurna Two oilfield, two Iraqi oil officials said on Tuesday.
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Increased oil and gas drilling since last year will help drive demand for Gardner Denver's displacement pumps, fluid ends and drilling-related services, the company said in its IPO paperwork.
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The Trump administration's efforts to open Alaska's Arctic to oil and gas drilling have failed to get attention from producers as they enjoy a drilling renaissance in continental United States.
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The decision is part of the Interior Department's five-year plan for offshore drilling, which lays out all of the proposed auctions for drilling rights on the outer continental shelf.
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That move would have blocked drilling in the Arctic for years to come, angering the drilling industry, which has long desired to tap massive stores of oil underneath Arctic waters.
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By trying to expand offshore oil drilling while simultaneously rolling back drilling-safety standards put in place after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Trump is making more major oil spills inevitable.
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A handful of other states opposed to the Trump administration's drilling ban have also recently implemented bans on drilling within the waters they oversee, including New Jersey, California and Oregon.
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OSLO (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists on Monday climbed aboard a Seadrill drilling rig commissioned by Equinor in protest against oil and gas drilling in the Norwegian Arctic, the group told Reuters.
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While many producers around the world quit drilling and producing, the U.S. shale producers continued to invest in new technology and drilling which have enabled a spectacular American energy renaissance.
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In addition to shutting in wells, oil producers also halted most offshore drilling operations by evacuating three drilling rigs and moving eight others out of the storm area, BSEE said.
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During his tenure, the rise of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling brought about a surge of oil and gas drilling in places like Texas's Eagle Ford and Barnett shale formations.
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Drilling rules are eased: The Trump administration has made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation imposed after the worst oil spill in American history, in 2010.
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Offshore drilling, new mines In Florida, Amendment 9 would prohibit offshore drilling for gas and oil in state coastal waters, as well as using e-cigarettes in enclosed indoor workplaces.
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DEMS REINTRODUCE BILL TO BLOCK ANWR DRILLING: Democratic lawmakers, with the help of a pair of Republicans, reintroduced legislation Tuesday to indefinitely block drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Shell proved during the 2012 drilling season that the oil industry is incapable of safely mobilizing and drilling in one of the most remote, pristine and icy environments on Earth.
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Delek Group directly holds 6.6 percent of Delek Drilling and 8.9 percent of Avner, while its Delek Energy unit owns 63 percent of Delek Drilling and 47 percent of Avner.
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For instance, companies must use minimally invasive drilling practices, submit plans to the Park Service for review, and set aside funds to clean up an area after drilling is finished.
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Francis RooneyLaurence (Francis) Francis RooneyOvernight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House approves two bills to block Trump drilling This week: Congress returns for first time since mass shootings MORE (R-Fla.), alongside nine other conservatives.
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Trump is expected to order the Interior Department to write a new drilling schedule, as well as consider whether to undo Obama's indefinite drilling bans, and it might also direct officials to look into changing some of Obama's regulations on equipment to stop out-of-control wells and standards specific to Arctic drilling.
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"We will conduct drilling in areas of Turkey's continental shelf and we are starting our drilling work at points identified by Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa," he said in northern Cyprus on Saturday.
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But getting to this point will require advances in drilling technologies, energy conversion, understanding the heat resource and substrate, and identifying resources most likely to deliver electricity bang for drilling buck.
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On Tuesday, Dakota Access LLC issued a statement saying the company expected to bring all its drilling equipment to the lake within two weeks, after which point it would start drilling.
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America's oil production has nearly doubled over the last decade, and we became the world's biggest oil producer a few years ago, thanks to drilling technologies like fracking and horizontal drilling.
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OSLO (Reuters) - Statoil has awarded 12 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.53 billion) worth of new platform drilling contracts to Archer, KCA Deutag and Odfjell Drilling, the Norwegian oil company said on Friday.
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NEW ARCTIC DRILLING OFF THE TABLE: President Obama is expected to roll out in the coming days an offshore drilling plan that takes the Arctic Ocean off the table through 2022.
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Environmentalists concerned about the climate impacts, potential spills and other effects from offshore drilling have pushed Obama to reduce offshore drilling and block it completely from the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
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Drilling companies cut oil rigs for a second consecutive week as new drilling stalled in the third quarter with the fewest additions in a quarter since 2017, data showed on Friday.
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TRUMP MOVING TOWARD ARCTIC DRILLING: The Trump administration rolled out a long-awaited proposal Thursday that could open up oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic as early as next summer.
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The Hill's Tim Cama has the story: The most contentious piece of last year's proposal is to allow drilling off the Atlantic coast, which has never seen drilling beyond exploratory wells.
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For instance, he said the industry is pushing for faster drilling permits, increased tax deductions for drilling expenses and wants the Trump administration to purchase barrels for the nation's emergency stockpile.
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In exempting Florida from offshore oil drilling, Secretary Zinke claimed he was persuaded by "the local and state voice" of the people whose lives and livelihood could be upended by drilling.
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Goldman's press release cited environmental reasons for not supporting Arctic drilling but the firm has also made statements suggesting that Arctic drilling is too complex and expensive to make economic sense.
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However, the invention and application of innovative drilling techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling have been the single most important step ever taken to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
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The overall cost reductions were mainly due to increased drilling efficiency, simplification and smooth project implementation, Margareth Oevrum, Equinor's executive vice president for technology, projects and drilling, said in the statement.
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I agree with Jackie Savitz and Oceana that safety should be the top priority for offshore oil drilling ("It's time to make offshore drilling safer," April 8, The Hill's Contributors Blog).
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The discovery of this Atlantic reef comes as the Trump administration is proposing to roll back a ban on offshore drilling, which would reinstate drilling leases in Pacific and Atlantic waters.
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Delek Drilling said on Sunday that shareholders of both companies approved the merger, which will see all assets and liabilities of Avner transferred to Delek Drilling and Avner will be dissolved.
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GRAPHIC: U.S. oil production, storage & drilling levels, click tmsnrt.
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In that period, those workers approved 15 new leases for drilling on public lands as well as 71 new permits for offshore drilling, and more than 50 recipients of the offshore drilling permits were companies that sit on the board of directors of the National Ocean Industries Association, a former client of Mr. Bernhardt's.
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Francis RooneyLaurence (Francis) Francis RooneyOvernight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House approves two bills to block Trump drilling This week: Congress returns for first time since mass shootings MORE (R-Fla.), alongside nine other Sunshine State conservatives.
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C.) and Markwayne MullinMarkwayne MullinDemocrats hold first hearing in push for clean energy by 2050 Overnight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House GOP rolls out energy proposal to counter Democrats offshore drilling ban MORE (Okla.) introduced the bill.
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OSLO, May 15 (Reuters) - Norway's Borr Drilling plans to buy five new jack-up oil drilling rigs from an Asian shipyard for a total of $720 million, the company said on Tuesday.
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Thomson Reuters data showed the drilling ship Deepsea Metro I was in the same position on Monday as it had been since drilling began on the block in the middle of June.
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The number of oil drilling rigs fell by four to 747 this week, data from General Electric's Baker Hughes energy services unit showed, the first cut to drilling numbers in six weeks.
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The drilling in the "Red Orchid" gas field within the block will be undertaken using the "Hakuryu-5" equipment made by Japanese company Japan Drilling Co., Ltd, Rosneft said in that statement.
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The company spilled more than 2 million gallons of drilling fluid - mostly water and clay - in Ohio wetlands in April during construction of Rover, prompting regulators to halt drilling in certain areas.
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Jindal Drilling and Industries Ltd, which provides drilling services to oil and gas explorers, posted its biggest intraday gain since June 2017 on reaching settlement for an arbitration award against the company.
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Clinton has moved strikingly to the left on climate issues, including opposing the Keystone XL pipeline, offshore drilling and, indeed, most forms of fracking, a drilling technique also known as hydraulic fracturing.
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Drilling prices are classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 213111 for "establishments primarily engaged in drilling oil and gas wells for others on a contract or fee basis".
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The push comes after the Obama administration said it would block drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans in the U.S.'s next five-year offshore drilling plan, which runs through 2022.
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Thomson Reuters data showed the drilling ship Deepsea Metro I was in the same position on Sunday as it had been since drilling began on the block in the middle of June.
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Drilling in ANWR is an issue that's long been near to Murkowski, in part because her father, Frank Murkowski, a former Republican senator and governor, also advocated for drilling but was unsuccessful.
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The sponsors of the anti-drilling legislation warned that with the Trump administration hoping to hold an auction for drilling rights next year, lawmakers have to work fast to overturn the provision.
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Parker Drilling Co filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, citing slumping commodity prices in recent years affecting the prices it charges for its drilling and oilfield services and rental equipment.
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Zinke said Tuesday that he won't allow offshore drilling in waters near Florida through 2024, and would remove the state from a list of locations to be opened up for expanded drilling.
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Thomson Reuters data showed the drilling ship Deepsea Metro I was in the same position on Friday as it had been since drilling began on the block in the middle of June.
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Mr. Trump has vowed to open up America's federal lands and waters to new drilling, but Mr. Obama has used some novel moves to try to block or delay new offshore drilling.
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The Trump administration opened the door to more drilling, including offshore both coasts of the U.S. and Congress approved drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge as part of the tax package.
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Also last year, the Obama administration unveiled a set of regulations on offshore oil and gas drilling equipment, intended to tighten the safety requirements on underwater drilling equipment and well-control operations.
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In the eastern waters straddling Florida, much of which is under a drilling moratorium through 2022, little exploratory drilling has been done and much of the seismic data is old, he added.
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The proposed plan would block drilling in the Atlantic Ocean despite an earlier proposal to allow operations there, and it would allow up to two drilling lease sales in the Arctic Ocean.
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The deal will expand Apergy's global business in drilling equipment and completion services for oil and gas producers, which has been hit as U.S. shale companies have been drilling fewer new wells.
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Trump is aggressively pushing Arctic drilling projects on water and land, selling off vast tracts of public lands and oceans, and rolling back drilling safety regulations meant to prevent catastrophic oil spills.
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McAuliffe had previously said he could support drilling near Virginia on the condition that the federal government expand a royalty sharing program that would supply coastal states with revenue from drilling operations.
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And even though the Senate never took up the measure, it nonetheless spooked drilling opponents who now "We need further protection in the state constitution, because we cannot risk the potential for drilling and the oil spills and the pollution that always come with drilling," said Susan Glickman, Florida director at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
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Environmentalists have long warned a drilling accident in the Arctic could produce an ecological calamity, but with a five-year drilling plan under consideration now, they have another argument: that drilling there is so expensive — and the return so little in a low-priced crude oil environment — that it's not worth even auctioning leases again in the first place.
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Jared HuffmanJared William HuffmanDemocrats bicker over strategy on impeachment Overnight Energy: Trump administration to repeal waterway protections| House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge| Administration takes key step to open Alaskan refuge to drilling by end of year House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge MORE (D-Calif.), a supporter of impeachment (The Hill).
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Jared HuffmanJared William HuffmanDemocrats bicker over strategy on impeachment Overnight Energy: Trump administration to repeal waterway protections| House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge| Administration takes key step to open Alaskan refuge to drilling by end of year House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge MORE (D-Calif.) will all see a vote on the floor.
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Jared HuffmanJared William HuffmanDemocrats bicker over strategy on impeachment Overnight Energy: Trump administration to repeal waterway protections| House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge| Administration takes key step to open Alaskan refuge to drilling by end of year House votes to block drilling in Arctic refuge MORE (D-Calif.), who's among the most vocal impeachment supporters.
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C.) and Markwayne MullinMarkwayne MullinDemocrats hold first hearing in push for clean energy by 85033 Overnight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House GOP rolls out energy proposal to counter Democrats offshore drilling ban MORE (R-Okla.) introduced the bill.
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Yergin said an issue for the U.S. industry is how long the price of drilling services will remain low, a big factor in helping drilling ramp up after prices and activity fell sharply.
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OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) - Oslo-listed rig operator Borr Drilling has agreed to buy 15 drilling rigs from Swiss-based Transocean in a $1.35 billion deal, Borr said in a statement on Monday.
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The details: Colorado's proposal would have essentially banned new drilling in many parts of the state after roughly tripling the required distance between buildings and drilling to 2,500 feet, per The Denver Post.
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COPENHAGEN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Maersk Drilling said on Friday that an employee, a Norwegian citizen, has died following an accident on a drilling rig at Aker BP's Tambar oilfield off Norway on Thursday.
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OSLO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Borr Drilling, the Norwegian drilling start-up, which listed on the Oslo exchange on Wednesday, said it aimed to expand its fleet, taking advantage of its low cost base.
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In addition to all this direct demand for oil and gas created by the drilling industry, there is also the indirect demand created by all the other products used by the drilling industry.
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Dozens in the sector, whose services include drilling wells and hauling water for energy exploration companies, have sought protection from creditors as low energy prices have prompted producers to scale back on drilling.
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GOP control of Washington means ANWR drilling advocates are closer opening the coastal plain of the refuge to drilling than at any time since the mid-2000s, when an effort fell just short.
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The market is now seen shifting its view toward possible supply increases, despite a Norwegian union for workers on offshore oil and gas drilling rigs widening a six-day drilling strike on Monday.
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So far, the rise in drilling prices has been limited because of the large overhang of rigs stacked and crews idled during the downturn, which have limited the pricing power of drilling companies.
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Offshore drilling companies submitted slightly higher bids in a Wednesday auction for oil and natural gas drilling rights leases in the Gulf of Mexico when compared with the last sale, in August 2017.
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"Today's vote to block offshore drilling underscores the strength and bipartisanship of opposition to dirty and dangerous offshore drilling," Diane Hoskins, campaign director at Oceana, a marine protection group, said in a statement.
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Bill Cassidy (R-La.) that would increase revenue-sharing for states from off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, something Nelson's spokesman said could lead to drilling off the coast of Florida.
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In April 2014, on hearing news that exploratory drilling was set to go ahead in this small town, a protest camp was set up to put an end to the possibility of drilling.
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Ozersay said the terms of drilling are unacceptable because they allow Greek Cypriots to profit from drilling even before a settlement is reached, while Turkish Cypriots can only profit after such an agreement.
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TRUMP PLAN WOULD OPEN 90 PERCENT OF OFFSHORE AREAS TO DRILLING: The Trump administration proposed an offshore drilling program Thursday that would open 21625 percent of the nation's outer continental shelf to rigs.
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We need that legislation because the risks to the people and ecosystem of the Refuge from drilling are catastrophic, but so are the risks for any corporation foolish enough to pursue drilling there.
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There has been no federal expansion of oil drilling along California's coastline for more than three decades, and public opinion polling in the state has shown Californians oppose more drilling off the coast.
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The Interior Department approved Eni's drilling plan in July, and officials are considering a rewrite of Obama's offshore drilling plan, potentially opening up more areas of the Arctic for development in the future.
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OSLO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has told Transocean, Maersk Drilling and Odfjell Drilling to beef up emergency evacuation equipment and procedures on offshore oil rigs, it said on Wednesday.
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian rig contractor Precision Drilling Corp (PD.
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Oil and gas well drilling fell 0.3 percent in December.
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The market is also concerned about resurgent U.S. drilling activity.
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Oil drilling rig provider Gulf International Services dropped 1.5 percent.
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Meanwhile, low prices have discouraged the drilling of new wells.
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A test of the percussive drilling technique at NASA's JPL.
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The higher prices have made more U.S. shale drilling profitable.
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And drilling a well is just half of the equation.
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ANWR drilling also helps secure the crucial vote of Sen.
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Advances in horizontal drilling tech have helped enable the boom.
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However, another rise in U.S. drilling activity weighed on markets.
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Tick. Climate researchers drilling cores deep into the Antarctic icecap?
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Geologists drilling at a marine structure in Portus Cosanus, Tuscany.
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That's good, but if you're still drilling in the Arctic?
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Chesapeake Energy was the winner, followed by Diamond Offshore Drilling.
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Similar operational problems plague PDVSA's oil drilling and refining operations.
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RENEWS CHEVRON LICENSE TO CONTINUE DRILLING IN VENEZUELA
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Drilling would be allowed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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The drilling work is expected to take about two months.
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Go deeper: Making sense of Trump's big offshore drilling push
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The order takes numerous shots at Obama's offshore drilling policies.
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It also transports and disposes of fluids used in drilling.
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Seismic blasting is a violent, destructive part of offshore drilling.
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Coastal communities are opposed to seismic blasting and offshore drilling.
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For some, the potential for expanded drilling signals economic revival.
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That's a very difficult part of the contract drilling business.
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Turkey's Fatih ship started drilling off western Cyprus in May.
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Congolese authorities granted a permit for exploratory drilling in 2006.
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Drilling only happens in 12 of the 85033 national parks.
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Proposals to restrict oil and gas drilling drew mixed results.
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O.S.U. is even drilling the good teams it has played.
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Or a state may have environmental concerns with offshore drilling.
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The oil industry says offshore drilling will boost state economies.
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Drilling activity in the oil patch is also picking up.
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More than half of its drilling units are currently inactive.
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The second biggest decliner was Precision Drilling Corp , down 5.7%.
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Polling has consistently showed that most Americans oppose ANWR drilling.
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But most Alaskans and state leaders have long supported drilling.
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Some analysts doubted whether shale drilling would slow for long.
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Dolphin Drilling did not respond to a request for comment.
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Diamond Offshore Drilling rose $1.41, or 6.3 percent, to $23.76.
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Obama considered allowing some drilling there recently, but backed away.
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Oil spills are a regular part of offshore oil drilling.
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Ten other drilling rigs have been evacuated, the agency said.
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Furthermore, he said, voters overwhelmingly oppose Arctic and Atlantic drilling.
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Interior also doesn't allow drilling around Hawaii or U.S. territories.
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Antipathy often arises in discussions about shale drilling across Europe.
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The opening of Alaskan hinterlands for oil and gas drilling.
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Other Natives who live south of the refuge oppose drilling.
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This latest effort has two distinct advantages for drilling proponents.
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And last year he began drilling on his own ranch.
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Florida has already applied for a waiver from such drilling.
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In Northern Delaware basin, Marathon is cutting on drilling activity.
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LAYOFFS Iranian drilling companies have also embarked on massive layoffs.
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Biden has been drilling on that point in recent days.
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"The guides," she said, "we don't want the oil drilling."
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But, environmentalists strongly oppose drilling in the ecologically sensitive region.
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If oil prices decline, drilling will slow, but production continues.
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Looking for fresh clues, they tried drilling into ancient bones.
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Ms. Cabrera lives a block away from a drilling site.
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Banning OCS drilling is not the way to do that.
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The Trump administration offered Florida an exemption to offshore drilling.
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Nonetheless, the Trump administration wants to expand offshore oil drilling.
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Wind turbines could be erected on old oil drilling platforms.
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The advisory says drilling operations will take place between Oct.
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Congress also opened public lands in Alaska to oil drilling.
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By then, most of Alaska's arctic was open to drilling.
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Murkowski knows drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is unpopular.
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But as I began drilling into particulars, the conversation swerved.
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Zinke told Cantwell he had higher hopes for offshore drilling.
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Congress has banned drilling in the eastern Gulf through 2022.
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But Congress would have to act separately to allow drilling.
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N acquisition of smaller drilling rival Atwood Oceanics Inc ATW.
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Obama took several controversial actions on drilling during his presidency.
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Drilling rigs were not operating 37 percent of the time.
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Since then, drilling costs have been on a gradual upswing as the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas has more than doubled from 404 in May 2016 to 143 in January 2018.
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However, by the end of November the company is likely to have spent no more than 21 months in total drilling or fracking on site since it started drilling the first well, Cuadrilla said.
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Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency, however, apparently has not watched or wasn't moved by what it saw, as it approved offshore drilling in the Arctic before a federal judge fortunately ruled the drilling illegal.
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The Interior Department had previously proposed limited drilling rights sales to the Beaufort and Chukchi seas north of Alaska, where there has never been oil and natural gas production from traditional mobile drilling rigs.
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Grijalva has also questioned whether Interior has followed the law when it brought back from furlough workers to approve onshore drilling permits and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, among other actions.
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Newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was asked about his position on offshore drilling by a number of senators from coastal states, though unlike his predecessor, he offered no exemptions from offshore drilling. Sen.
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Companies will need to have drilling and spill response plans that take into account specific Arctic conditions, be equipped to contain spills without using chemical dispersants, and be banned from drilling during icy seasons.
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Bernhardt, a former energy lobbyist, is currently playing a vital role in expanding drilling on public lands in the U.S. and is leading efforts to draft a new offshore drilling plan in the Atlantic.
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Today, Zukunft admits that task was impossible to complete, and that's why he knows that drilling for oil in the freezing, unpredictable Arctic Ocean would be far more dangerous than drilling in the Gulf.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's plans to expand offshore drilling are on hold after a March court ruling blocked drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told the Wall Street Journal.
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In Texas, the epicenter of the shale drilling boom, companies have axed at least $8 billion in the last few days from their 2020 capital budgets, pulling drilling rigs and canceling hydraulic fracturing crews.
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Oil service companies are getting hit because they are focusing their efforts on offshore drilling, an industry struggling due to low oil prices that cannot justify conducting more typically lucrative deep-water drilling projects.
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U.S. oil and gas production has boomed in recent years, primarily because of improved drilling techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling that have opened up production in shale formations previously out of reach.
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There has been no federal expansion of oil drilling along California's coastline for more than three decades, and public opinion polling in the state has shown Californians oppose more oil drilling off the coast.
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It also came days after Oceana, a conservation group opposed to drilling, released its own economic analysis, saying that drilling threatens 2.6 million jobs and almost $180 billion in economic activity in coastal economies.
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FERC on January 85033 issued the pipeline company a notice to cease its horizontal drilling technique, saying in their memorandum that no "approach to date" had been successful at keeping drilling fluid from leaking.
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Hunting, however, said U.S. offshore and international drilling markets remained weak due to low oil prices, and that drilling budgets continued to be reduced by oil companies, hurting the prospects of oil services firms.
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That is the same site as a spill last April of 2 million gallons of mostly clay and water used to lubricate drilling blades, which led FERC to temporarily ban ETP from new horizontal drilling.
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The number of rigs drilling in the Permian has almost tripled since the end of April 2016, and the Permian now accounts for almost half of the rigs drilling for oil in the United States.
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The Trump administration's plans to open up offshore drilling along the eastern seaboard has riled state governments, including Republican-leaning South Carolina, who fear seismic testing and offshore drilling will harm their lucrative tourism industries.
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"The glut is the 2150-pound gorilla in the room," said Steve McCoy, vice president for drilling contracts at Latshaw Drilling, an Oklahoma service company that prospered in recent years from the American shale boom.
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It also blocked the planned sale of new oil and gas drilling rights in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas north of Alaska, but allowed drilling to go forward in Alaska's Cook Inlet southwest of Anchorage.
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Drilling any well takes time, but drilling one to accurately intercept the narrow steel pipe of a problem well, which in this case is more than a mile and a half underground, takes even longer.
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While Archer will continue to provide platform drilling services at eight installations, it has also won contracts at Grane and Gulfaks A, B and C platforms, taking over from Odfjell Drilling and KCA Deutag respectively.
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The Northeast region, which is home to the majority of the nonassociated natural gas production, has been limited to no development drilling activity since June of last year and no exploratory drilling since October 2015.
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Zinke had announced late Tuesday that he was removing Florida state waters from the proposed offshore drilling plan at the request of Governor Rick Scott, who argued that drilling poses a threat to Florida's tourism.
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Worse still, the administration is proposing this offshore drilling free-for-all while also calling for the repeal of the few offshore drilling safety rules that were put in place in response to Deepwater Horizon.
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Softening Midland prices have already eased the region's drilling frenzy, with the number of rigs drilling in the Permian flat over the last three months, after rising by more than 110 in the previous year.
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He has mentioned the plan in recent weeks both to defend the administration's budget and to support his desire to increase offshore drilling, a plan that could include drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
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LAWMAKERS SEND ANWR DRILLING MEASURE TO TRUMP: The House voted Wednesday to pass the GOP's tax overhaul bill, complete with a provision to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and natural gas drilling.
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Diane Hoskins, a campaign director at Oceana, an ocean conservation group that has lobbied against offshore drilling, said the Interior Department had 120 inspectors to conduct more than 20,000 annual inspections of offshore drilling infrastructure.
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MAJORITY OF VOTERS OPPOSE TRUMP'S OFFSHORE DRILLING PLAN: More than half of voters oppose proposed plans by the Trump administration to expand oil and gas drilling off coastal states, according to a poll out Tuesday.
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Samples were collected with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, an international project that drills deep into the seafloor for science—not the same as offshore oil drilling, although technologies have been swapped between the two.
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The priority is to prevent drilling of the very first well, Greenpeace said, adding that potential risks and impacts related to drilling are too dangerous for the environment and the local populations of the region.
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Under Trump's five-year drilling plan, oil and gas companies will be able to purchase drilling rights in 47 regions in the three oceans, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, between 2019 and 2024.
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Oil is a big focus for Trump, including his promise to drill into the nation's reported "$50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves" by increasing offshore drilling and drilling on federal lands.
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The Interior Department implemented a new policy Thursday aimed at streamlining the oil and natural gas drilling process on federal land by cutting back on the opportunities for drilling opponents to slow down the process.
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OFFICIALS PROPOSE EASING OFFSHORE DRILLING SAFETY REGS: The Trump administration is proposing to roll back parts of a landmark offshore drilling safety regulation that was written in response to the 21625 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge will now be open for drilling.
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Yes, drilling is down and oil workers have been laid off.
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There's lots of drilling sounds and cursing coming from our bedroom.
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When it happened, it felt like an alien drilling my throat.
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The next step is moving away from drilling and toward renewables.
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This might require some drilling through their outer rocky ice surface.
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Eberhart is the CEO of oilfield drilling services company Canary LLC.
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Drilling opponents hope the assessments could delay or prevent ANWR development.
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He later expanded in offshore drilling, salmon farming and other businesses.
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"Drilling to 1.5 kilometers is hard, even on Earth," said Glass.
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Should all go according to plan, drilling could start by Christmas.
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Jing Chen No. 1 is currently drilling a tunnel in Beijing.
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Its stock replaced Diamond Offshore Drilling in the beginning in October.
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The oil and gas drilling sub-sector closed 5.3 percent higher.
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Clifton says he'll say he supports drilling of fossil fuels too.
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"We're bringing science into the art of drilling wells," Portillo said.
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Some extra drilling would be beneficial, particularly for those falling behind.
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Drilling for water so deep is expensive and can be hazardous.
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A oil drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel off California.
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Oh, and Elon Musk might be starting a tunnel drilling company.
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Drilling down, workers from India appear to be the most affected.
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To view a graphic on Drilling in contested waters, click: tmsnrt.
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It does not include 2016 drilling results, which have also impressed.
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CNC drilling each hole individually would take an extremely long time.
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Low energy prices dried up demand for drilling equipment and pipelines.
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The Ensco deal excludes Rowan's 50 percent interest in ARO Drilling.
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We don't want oil drilling threatening our beautiful beaches and ocean.
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At the moment, 94 percent of that is restricted from drilling.
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Helmerich & Payne had long provided drilling services for the Venezuelan government.
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Chinese funding has helped Russia finance drilling projects, despite Western sanctions.
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It also entails leasing rights to mining, drilling, grazing, and logging.
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Offshore drilling typically requires higher prices for producers to break even.
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Offshore oil drilling provokes similar emotions, but there's more at stake.
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Alaska politicians have almost always supported opening up ANWR for drilling.
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Eurasia Drilling is Russia's largest oilfield services company by meters drilled.
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He soon knew every quirk and problem of the drilling rig.
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The Turkish ship Fatih started drilling off western Cyprus in May.
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Undo President Obama's recent ban on Arctic and Atlantic offshore drilling.
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Prospecting rovers with drilling capabilities will be essential in that effort.
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However, analysts noted drilling in the United States was picking up.
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Obama's move takes drilling rights sales off the table through 2022.
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Rising U.S. drilling and production has dampened any oil price rally.
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Turkey currently has three ships around Cyprus, including two drilling ships.
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Go deeper: Decision to back off Florida drilling plan makes wave
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That means less work for drilling contractors and oilfield service companies.
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The company has finished drilling a second well at the site.
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And that poll was taken before the the oil drilling announcement.
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However, higher prices could encourage U.S. shale operators to increase drilling.
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But instead, conflict is escalating over trade, ethanol and offshore drilling.
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Hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — and horizontal drilling support 2.1 million jobs.
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Communities across the Southeast have boldly rejected drilling off our shores.
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The count of drilling rigs operating in the Permian Basin flattened.
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The drilling industry, they said, is too important, economically, to hamstring.
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But with the oil fields miles offshore, drilling is largely protected.
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Meanwhile, in Guyana, Tullow has accelerated drilling plans in its concessions.
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Another provision continually under attack is the intangible drilling costs deduction.
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It will also power mining and drilling operations in the region.
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But he also supported opening Virginia's coast to offshore oil drilling.
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No. There is just not a lot of deep-water drilling.
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"New York doesn't want drilling off our coast either," Cuomo tweeted.
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President Obama is considering prohibiting new drilling rights auctions through 2022.
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BLM's rule would govern drilling sites on federal and Indian land.
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After World War I, Swarovski branched out into precision drilling tools.
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Paying executives to produce more oil and gas has encouraged drilling.
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The difference, Fowler said, was advanced fracking techniques and horizontal drilling.
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Overwhelmingly, both Democrats and Republicans oppose offshore drilling off America's coasts.
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Such discoveries are frequently confirmed by third parties before drilling starts.
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Congress opened up part of the refuge to drilling last year.
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Not compensating for drilling the hell out of the ground then.
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The missing miners were in a team drilling a new tunnel.
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The missing miners were from a team drilling a new tunnel.
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Most of the big gainers were oil production and drilling companies.
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He has also sought to increase coal production and oil drilling.
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The best shale oilfields with the lowest drilling costs won't die.
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The tenants say the sound of drilling reverberated through the hallways.
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Horizontal drilling technologies used in fracking could tap geothermal energy too.
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It has moved to permit offshore drilling in states including California.
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Under Tillerson, Exxon Mobil was late to the shale-drilling boom.
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They're also manufactured from petroleum, which is extracted by oil drilling.
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Drilling has largely had bipartisan support among Alaskan lawmakers as well.
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In Colorado, a ballot measure to severely restrict drilling was defeated.
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That's why Alaskan lawmakers have renewed their push for ANWR drilling.
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But other indigenous groups have thrown their weight behind drilling proposals.
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The offshore drilling policy was the latest complication for Republican candidates.
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But the industry consolidated, reduced operating expenses and improved drilling efficiency.
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It also said it would suspend drilling at its Colombian project.
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A natural gas explosion killed half his 20-member drilling team.
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It had said last week it would halt drilling in 2020.
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I mean, one day he is drilling holes in the ground.
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Perhaps it's big oil and gas who want expanded drilling rights.
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That will not substitute for drilling down into individual drug cases.
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The tough times in the offshore drilling industry have spurred consolidation.
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Brennock warned that a slowdown in shale drilling may prove temporary.
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Shares of Precision Drilling Corp fell 24.4 percent to C$21.79.
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Rather than delay drilling, producers will choose to vent or flare.
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In short, drilling in the outer continental shelf remains risky business.
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FERC then authorized the company to recommence drilling on Feb. 6.
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The court also said the risks of Arctic drilling were limited.
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America does not need more arctic drilling; it needs clean energy.
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But the number of rigs drilling in the Permian is rising.
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A British drilling company executive called arrival at Juba's airport "enlightening".
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Arrington's support for offshore drilling turned off some reliable Republican voters.
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All 10 candidates want to restrict drilling on public lands. Sen.
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Nelson has been fighting for years to stop drilling near Florida.
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The Trump administration's expansive offshore drilling proposal could boost Florida Sen.
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The current roster of dangerous drilling projects is just the beginning.
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He'd like to discuss offshore drilling in Virginia with you. pic.twitter.
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The sound of drilling echoed through the corridors of the ship.
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He wants the governor to stop oil drilling in the state.
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The partnership has yet to begin drilling in the Barents Sea.
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Pollution from drilling, producing, and refining petroleum may have grisly implications.
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The drilling Ms. Yu referred to was hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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"Men are constantly drilling peepholes to see women's penises!" countered Jacobson.
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All day long the drilling and banging and beeping go on.
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She beat Sanford, then lost the coastal, 28500st Congressional District seat to Democrat Joe CunninghamJoseph CunninghamOvernight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House approves two bills to block Trump drilling Bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in public housing passes House MORE by about 6900,2628 votes.
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Francis RooneyLaurence (Francis) Francis RooneyOvernight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House approves two bills to block Trump drilling This week: Congress returns for first time since mass shootings MORE (R-Fla.) and the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act introduced by Rep.
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Rob BishopRobert (Rob) William BishopHere are the lawmakers who aren't seeking reelection in 2020 Overnight Energy: House moves to block Trump drilling | House GOP rolls out proposal to counter offshore drilling ban | calls mount for NOAA probe House GOP rolls out energy proposal to counter Democrats offshore drilling ban MORE (Utah) Bishop confirmed on July 29, 2019, that he will not seek reelection.
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Hamm, 70, became one of America's wealthiest men during the U.S. oil and gas drilling boom over the past decade, tapping into new hydraulic fracturing drilling technology to access vast deposits in North Dakota's shale fields.
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The slump in oil and gas drilling, as well as a general slowdown in freight shipments, some of which is linked to the drilling slowdown, likely explains much of the weakness in diesel consumption in 2015.
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It begins a formal review of his decisions to prohibit new drilling rights sales in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as his safety regulations, and could lead to new drilling in those areas.
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It would also require, as part of federal five-year drilling plans, a minimum of three drilling lease sales in each of the Beaufort, Chukchi and Cook Inlet planning areas off the northern coast of Alaska.
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Bankrupt publicly traded service companies include CHC Group Ltd, which provides helicopter flights for the energy sector, and offshore drilling providers Vantage Drilling Co and Hercules Offshore Inc, which filed twice in less than a year.
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Unless WTI starts appreciating, the combination of higher drilling costs and stalling or lower oil prices is set to moderate the drilling boom and growth in U.S. oil output later in 2017 and especially in 2018.
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Washington state's Cantwell accused Zinke of playing politics when he told Florida Governor Rick Scott, who objected to drilling off of Florida's tourist-dependent coastlines, that his state would be exempt from any expansion in drilling.
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The Trump administration is moving to allow new offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all United States coastal waters, lifting a ban on drilling imposed by President Barack Obama near the end of his term.
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That's why I've said on the first day that I am sworn in, I'll put a moratorium in place so that there will be no new drilling, no new mining on federal lands, no offshore drilling.
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Since asking FERC to ban ETP from all horizontal drilling in Ohio in November, the state EPA has already asked FERC a few times in January to stop the company from drilling under the Tuscarawas River.
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The Rover and Mariner violations included spills of drilling fluid, a clay-and-water mixture that lubricates equipment for drilling under rivers and highways; sinkholes in backyards; and improper disposal of hazardous waste and other trash.
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U.S. energy regulators banned ETP from new horizontal directional drilling in May until the company explains how diesel, prohibited under its permit, got into 2 million gallons of drilling fluid that spilled into the Tuscarawas River wetland.
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While drilling activity has sharply gained among U.S. onshore producers and oil prices [CLc1] at about $48.50 are above last year's low, they are still not high enough to lift offshore drilling activity and pricier international projects.
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By putting almost 17 million acres of public land on the auction block for drilling and fracking, Zinke helped spark an offshore drilling ban in Florida and elect a bevy of conservation-minded community members to Congress.
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Coastal lawmakers persuaded Congress to lift the offshore drilling ban in 2008, hoping the Landrieu legislation could be expanded to include their states, and they have since pressed Mr. Obama to lease the coastal waters for drilling.
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Commences drilling at Keno Silver Project * Metallic Minerals Corp - 2017 exploration program budget at keno silver project is anticipated to be a minimum of $1.6 million including phase 1 drilling Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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SENATE TO VOTE ON TAX BILL WITH ANWR DRILLING: The Senate is due to vote late Tuesday on the Republicans' tax overhaul bill, which would open Alaska's federally owned Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling.
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The decision, which came after Scott criticized opening up offshore drilling as bad for his tourism-focused state, has been slammed by environmental groups as politically craven, proof that Trump is "playing politics" with his drilling decisions.
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Interior is also reconsidering a hydraulic fracturing rule, a regulation limiting methane flaring from natural gas drilling sites and the Obama administration's five-year offshore drilling plan that prevents oil exploration in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
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The administration is considering a plan that would open nearly the entire US coastline to offshore drilling, and last week changed protections for the sage grouse that could open up more of the Western US to drilling.
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Halliburton probably has more experience in drilling and completing oil and gas shale wells than any other company, having been a central player in the past decade's shale drilling frenzy across Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
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That is the same site as a spill last April of 2 million gallons of mostly clay and water used to lubricate drilling blades, which led FERC to temporarily ban ETP from new horizontal drilling in May.
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ARCTIC DRILLING BILL MOVES FORWARD: The Senate Budget Committee voted Tuesday to pass its bill combining the Republicans' tax bill with the legislation to permit oil and natural gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
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DRILLING: The Trump administration announced plans to roll back a ban on new offshore drilling off the coasts of Florida and California and is considering more than 40 sites for leasing of natural gas and oil production.
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NOAA has long required noise permits for one-off events, like drilling.
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Drilling began "without needed planning, equipment, skills, or procedures," the board said.
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He is planning drilling using four rigs compared with two last year.
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The oilfield services company's revenue also beat estimates as drilling activity escalates.
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Incas mastered the grisly practice of drilling holes in people&aposs skulls .
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Knodel: Drilling anywhere involves incredible risks, from the first to last stages.
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Half of the drilling rigs in the Gulf remain evacuated, BSEE said.
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About a dozen workers were drilling at the same spot Friday morning.
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So in drilling, Texas Brine accidentally punctured the wall of a cavern.
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The experience distracted children from their fear of injections, drilling and fillings.
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These accidental emissions occur during drilling, in the pipelines or during delivery.
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A recent rebound in oil prices is unlikely to spur more drilling.
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Read: The rise in Texas earthquakes is "almost certainly" due to drilling.
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In Wyoming, the number of drilling rigs doubled from 2016 to 2018.
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I do not support drilling for oil off of South Carolina's coast.
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The EU, Cyprus and Greece consider the Turkish drilling to be illegal.
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Whereas oil drilling and mining employ relatively few people, tourism employs legions.
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Conoco also oversees remote drilling operations in a similar way to Shell.
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There were only 28 drilling rigs in the state as of Wednesday.
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Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, wants to increase oil and gas drilling.
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I think people come back and start putting on more drilling rigs.
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Cutting, drilling and machining require extra work and thus incur extra cost.
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This includes operating national parks, leasing drilling rights, and preserving wildlife habitats.
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A rise in gas and oil well drilling likely bolstered business investment.
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Why bother drilling into why machine learning processes work like they do?
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Houston shot 23 percent overall, drilling 254 of 245 23-point tries.
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Gas and oil well drilling has risen over the last several months.
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The company will start drilling a second well, Joe-1, this month.
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Last year saw the least drilling in the North Sea since 1965.
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Go deeper: Trump executive order on Arctic Ocean drilling unlawful, judge rules
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Then Trump started drilling down again on his dissatisfactions, the source said.
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In exchange, Exxon would give Rosneft access to its superior drilling technology.
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The majors appreciate shale's quick drilling times, predictable cashflows and favourable regulation.
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Shell, which operates the project, began drilling the first well in October.
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The surge in prices ahead of October had encouraged increased U.S. drilling.
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Rick Scott has attacked the proposal for drilling off his state's coast.
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The guard then heard drilling coming from where the gunman was staying.
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Investigators said Paddock may have been drilling to set up another camera.
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Obama earlier this year took Atlantic Ocean drilling out of the plan.
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Dansgaard never actually made it to the drilling trench during his trip.
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Instead, it said fracking could impact drinking water throughout the drilling process.
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A second drilling ship, Yavuz, arrived off the northeastern coast this month.
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Lease sales for drilling rights have already begun moving to the internet.
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The move comes as Repsol was making final preparations for commercial drilling.
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More than a dozen states are seeking exemptions from offshore drilling leases.
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As governor, Hickenlooper opposed ballot measures to limit drilling in populated areas.
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This drilling-tool plant was built in the 1980s in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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A second drilling ship, Yavuz, arrived off the northeastern coast last week.
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For years, Pemex prioritized investment in profitable drilling projects, neglecting other areas.
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Borr Drilling offered to buy Paragon Offshore for $15.8 million in February.
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Most importantly, opening our coast to offshore drilling is a forever decision.
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The legislation opens up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for limited drilling.
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Oil drilling, they argue, has deep repercussions for their health and safety.
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"Landing was thrilling, but I'm looking forward to the drilling," Banerdt said.
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Oil drilling firms have increased the number of rigs in recent months.
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Greens welcomed Obama's decision to ban drilling in the five-year plan.
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This allows U.S. shale producers to use advanced drilling methods more efficiently.
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Further, the recovery in U.S. drilling activity has stalled recently, Nasser notes.
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The state's House voted in 28500 to repeal the offshore drilling ban.
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On May 10, FERC staff ordered Rover to cease new horizontal drilling.
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They argue drilling can be done safety and wouldn't disturb the wilderness.
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U.S. shale drillers rely on expensive advanced drilling methods like hydraulic fracturing.
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Cutting, sanding or drilling into these materials also pose serious health risks.
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A total of 343 rigs were drilling for new oil last week.
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Total won an offshore exploration license from Cyprus for drilling this year.
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Expanding offshore oil drilling would wreak havoc on coastal businesses and communities.
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It's time to stop the expansion of offshore oil drilling for good.
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More drilling combined with more storms is a predictable recipe for disaster.
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Nonetheless, officials said the rule is necessary to govern any future drilling.
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Why would we ever consider sacrificing this irreplaceable landscape to oil drilling?
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Others have pointed the finger at tight federal regulations on drilling there.
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An environmental lawyer said her group would work to stop the drilling.
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Trucks brought drilling equipment and giant pipes to the site on Friday.
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They insist drilling can be done more safely than in the past.
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There is no need for offshore drilling or risky seismic airgun blasting.
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Expect to see a premature burial, head drilling and hand-scooped brains.
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It increased its backlog of premium drilling locations to 25.3,21 from 3,200.
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Thousands gathered to watch the roughnecks drilling and swabbing through the night.
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You see a lot of heavy industry associated with pipelines and drilling.
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Work on the relief well, which the company started drilling on Dec.
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But Brown's regulators continue to issue thousands of drilling permits a year.
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On today's AM View, Alexis Simendinger discusses offshore drilling and states' responses.
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Total plans to start drilling operations in 2017 and BP in 2018.
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Since 2018, six states passed legislation or amendments to restrict offshore drilling.
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It won contracts from Qatar Petroleum to provide six offshore drilling rigs.
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Ryan Zinke (R) to lead the Interior Department, which oversees offshore drilling.
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Our future is in clean energy, not dirty climate-wrecking offshore drilling.
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Diamond Offshore Drilling gained $1.43, or 9 percent, to close at $27.50.
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"New York doesn't want drilling off our coast either," Cuomo tweeted Tuesday.
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"Mini Mike Bloomberg will kill your drilling, fracking and pipelines," he tweeted.
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The Greek Cypriot government says the drilling violates Cyprus's exclusive commercial area.
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The platform pictured is a semisubmersible production facility, not a drilling platform.
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Modern-day interest in Greenland, however, is more about drilling and mining.
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No more drilling, no more mining on federal lands or national parks.
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Some trucks bear the logos of Major Percussive and American Drilling Corp.
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ANWR drilling still requires an act of Congress before it can happen.
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The locale makes both drilling and transporting oil to shore especially costly.
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They are swarming just behind your eyes, drilling deep inside your teeth.
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Oil companies dropped drilling crews and slashed payments to local service companies.
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That, in turn, sent rates plummeting for activities and services like drilling.
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Other unforeseen problems can occur, as at the Jubilee Pool drilling site.
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However, rising crude prices have encouraged drilling in U.S. shale oil regions.
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Texas-based Noble Energy, Israel's Delek Drilling and Ratio Oil own Leviathan.
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It was about drilling for hope and dignity, rather than fossil fuels.
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It is unclear if crews were drilling for oil or natural gas.
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The center of Colorado's shale oil drilling is the Denver-Julesburg Basin.
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Total welcomed the court's decision and said the drilling operation was ongoing.
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The Pentagon has in the past supported the eastern Gulf drilling ban.
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At the same time, though, Equinor intends to keep drilling for oil.
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Broad public opposition to expanding drilling into frontier areas has not diminished.
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Halliburton's revenue was hurt by a slowdown in North American shale drilling.
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The sector includes companies that provide services to mining and drilling companies.
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Take a century-old goodie like the deduction for intangible drilling costs.
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Jerry Brown asked President Obama to ban new offshore drilling in California.
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New drilling leases have not been allowed in the Pacific for decades.
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Henry McMaster (R), who wants his state out of the drilling consideration.
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He said during the 2013 shutdown, the agency stopped issuing drilling permits.
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U.S. drilling firms added four oil rigs in the week to Dec.
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The previous head of drilling, Gary Jones, will lead operations in Azerbaijan.
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"He was kind of drilling the coaches with questions," Eli Manning said.
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That is what we are determining with this drilling of the ice.
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The map paints a startling picture of opposition to the drilling proposal.
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Governor Scott's Statement on Trump Administration's Plan on Offshore Oil Drilling: pic.twitter.
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"Our customers are talking about longer drilling programmes and that is normally an indication that something is on the rise," Madsen said, adding that the market consensus was for rates in the drilling industry to rise towards 2020.
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Drilling under the ice in Antarctica is about as close as scientists will get to the challenges involved in drilling into a liquid ocean underneath a frozen layer beyond Earth, such as Jupiter's moon Europa, Skidmore told Axios.
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On May 10, FERC banned ETP from starting new horizontal directional drilling under waterways and roads following the release of about 2 million gallons of drilling fluid, a clay and water mix, into Tuscarawas River wetlands in Ohio.
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had announced late Tuesday that he was removing Florida state waters from the proposed offshore drilling plan at the request of Governor Rick Scott, who argued that drilling poses a threat to Florida's tourism.
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ALASKANS PUSH FOR ARCTIC DRILLING: An industry group in Alaska is urging the Obama administration to allow drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic Ocean as part of a plan set to be finalized this year.
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Reversing most of Obama's other major energy and environment policies — including rules on clean power and water, fracking on federal land, oil and gas drilling, and offshore drilling — are likely to be longer term projects for the administration.
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Following public outcry over proposed drilling in Chaco, David Bernhardt, the secretary of the Department of the Interior, traveled there in the spring and subsequently agreed to a one-year ban on all drilling within ten-mile radius.
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On May 10, FERC banned ETP from starting new horizontal directional drilling under waterways and roads following the release of about two million gallons of drilling fluid, a clay and water mix, into Tuscarawas River wetland in Ohio.
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Regulatory clearance will lead to the first milestone payment of $30 million, with other milestones marked by the start of drilling activities and first oil production, or three years after the start of drilling activities, whichever comes first.
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Drilling costs will also continue rising because they tend to follow changes in the rig count with a lag of two to three months ("Drilling costs rise as U.S. oil and gas activity picks up", Reuters, April 26).
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The foreign ministry said Turkey's Fatih ship had started drilling to the west of the Mediterranean island at the start of May and its Yavuz ship had recently arrived east of Cyprus and would also carry out drilling.
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In the primary, Ms. Arrington criticized my stand against offshore drilling and my disagreement with President Trump's plan to repeal a moratorium on offshore drilling — a moratorium that has held under Republican and Democratic presidents for 37 years.
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"The oil and gas industry is pushing the administration for [Strategic Petroleum Reserves] purchases, faster drilling permits on federal lands, royalty relief and increased deductions for drilling expenses," said Dan Eberhart, an energy executive and major Republican donor.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday that Turkey's drilling off the coast of Cyprus would damage ties between the European Union and Turkey, after Ankara announced it will start drilling for oil and gas.
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But Trump's proposal to open nearly all of the United States's coasts for potential drilling hands Nelson an opportunity to highlight his decades of efforts to fight drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, adjacent to Florida's coast.
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The Trump administration's initial plan to open up the Atlantic, Pacific and Alaskan coasts to drilling, though controversial, largely adhered to the requirements of the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which governs opening waters to offshore drilling.
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Trump reverses Obama rule and orders Atlantic and Arctic waters opened for oil drilling Trump reverses Obama rule and orders Atlantic and Arctic waters opened for oil drilling Adding to his list of accomplishments on the eve of his 100th day as president, Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday undoing Barack Obama's restrictions on drilling in federally held waters along the eastern seaboard and the Arctic.
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MURKOWSKI VS. OBAMA ON ARCTIC DRILLING: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiThe Hill's Morning Report - Progressives, centrists clash in lively Democratic debate Senate braces for brawl over Trump's spy chief Congress kicks bipartisan energy innovation into higher gear MORE (R-Alaska) on Thursday challenged a top Obama administration official to include Arctic Ocean drilling leases in their upcoming five-year drilling strategy.
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The Obama administration announced a permanent ban on oil and gas drilling in most of the country's Arctic waters and parts of the Atlantic Ocean, a move made a few weeks before the pro-drilling Trump administration takes over.
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The slowdown in drilling points to more timid output growth going forward, but because the overall drilling level remains relatively high despite the recent decline, many analysts still expect U.S. crude output to rise above 13 million bpd soon.
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While it's hard to envision a political sea-change big enough that Congress would re-impose a drilling ban, a potential Democratic presidential administration could make it difficult for companies to proceed with drilling even if they hold leases.
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Drilling in the Atlantic has also faced challenges from a number of other sources, including coastal states that could be affected by a spill, as well as the Pentagon, which said drilling in the Atlantic could disrupt naval exercises.
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A Monday letter signed by 85033 businesses from New Hampshire to Florida says drilling threatens existing economic activity along the Eastern Seaboard, especially tourism or fishing sectors that they warn could be damaged by drilling or oil spills there.
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In northwest Colorado's Piecance Basin, for instance, a drilling boom transformed parts of one of the state's most vibrant wildlife areas — described by hunters as a "mule deer factory" — into an industrial zone pockmarked by drilling pads and roads.
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These community leaders join Oceana in urging President Obama to take the Atlantic Ocean out of its offshore drilling plan, as both seismic airgun blasting and offshore drilling are serious threats to the economies on which coastal communities depend.
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NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Scientific Drilling International (SDI), the U.S. oil industry's largest independent directional drilling firm, is being offered to potential buyers at a valuation of more than $500 million, sources familiar with the matter said this week.
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According to court documents, the trial will bring to light a state law that assumes that a gas driller is responsible for water well contamination within 1,000 feet of a drilling site that develops within six months of drilling.
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In particular, many in Florida want Zinke to retain the ban on drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico that is due to expire in 28503, and some went further in asking for no drilling on the Atlantic coast.
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Bill Horn, a Reagan administration official who helped negotiate the deal that gave A.S.R.C. drilling rights in the 1002 Area, recalled how people involved in the drilling left that testing in 2003 "hot to trot" about the potential reserves.
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Opening Arctic Refuge to Drilling Instead of pushing for clean energy and an end to our oil addiction, Trump signed legislation that opens up one of the world's most pristine and precious ecosystems in the world to oil drilling.
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According to court documents, the trial will bring to light a state law that assumes that a gas driller is responsible for water well contamination within 1,000 feet of a drilling site that develops within six months of drilling.
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US shale producers are killing any hopes of a recovery in the offshore oil drilling business - The rise in oil prices from their lows in early 2016 to near $50 now should have caused a boom in drilling activity.
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There have been no drilling operations off the Atlantic coast since the 1980s.
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He'd push to allow more oil and natural gas drilling on public lands.
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Chevron also owns and operates deepwater drilling properties off the coast of Mexico.
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Increased drilling in the United States, however, could keep a lid on prices.
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Activists had earlier tried to scale the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform, operated by Gazprom.
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's largest oil rig contractor, Precision Drilling Corp (PD.TO)(PDS.
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Ryan Zinke to head the Interior Department and implement Trump's pro-drilling agenda.
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Creating a national monument could prevent mining, drilling, or construction on designated lands.
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Meaning, they are drilling and locking in gains for future production right now.
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Meaning, they are drilling and locking in gains for future production right now.
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" Transocean Ltd: "Transocean does offshore drilling, not onshore like Helmerich & Payne or Noble.
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Acquiring drilling rights consumes "a lot of the capex we invest," he said.
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American shale producers rely on an expensive method of drilling called hydraulic fracturing.
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They train top-level boxers, expertly drilling technique, adeptly spotting weaknesses to fix.
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Since then, Russian companies have increased drilling by around 10 percent per year.
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The proposed drilling site is near the Trans-Antarctic Mountains in eastern Antarctica.
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Also note that Obama hasn't gone fully over to the anti-drilling side.
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He said the company&aposs single drilling rig doesn&apost get a rest.
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Three companies which have exited Chapter 11 - offshore driller Vantage Drilling International VTGGF.
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Before the most recent downturn, drilling firms were already struggling to find workers.
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He also plans to upgrade existing refineries and expand drilling commissioned by Pemex.
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Cunningham saw his expertise come into play in campaign debate over offshore drilling.
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Drilling is faster, more selective and more accurate, and leakage rates are lower.
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Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010.
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Katie Arrington's support for offshore drilling is simply a deal breaker for me.
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But when drilling down into specific areas, some significant issues around harassment surfaced.
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The Interior Department's portfolio includes overseeing drilling and mining on government-owned land.
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Campos, Lombardo said, was investigating what sounded like someone drilling in the room.
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A week ago, engineers succeeded in drilling a shaft close to the miners.
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Coal mining and oil drilling should be encouraged, subject only to reasonable regulations.
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Companies drilling on behalf of oil firms in Norwegian waters include Transocean, Fred.
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The summary also says previous administrations have been "overly restrictive" of offshore drilling.
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Drilling down into bilateral trade relations, accounting for value added has big effects.
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Most would rather play a match than hone a skill through repetitive drilling.
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And he also said the group still needed to start drilling in Cyprus.
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However, tied for first place is oil and gas drilling company Diamondback Energy.
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He has previously opposed efforts to allow offshore drilling off the state's coast.
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President Obama's freeze on Arctic drilling comes with a matching promise from Canada.
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