This increase will allow us to further intensify this already historic response, contain and remove oil more quickly, and help minimize the time that any oil comes into contact with our coastline.

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Acrylic and oil paints spread with Western contact.

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management requested that NOAA investigate the site after it was originally detected as an "unknown sonar contact" by Shell Oil Company during a 2011 oil and gas survey of the Gulf, government officials said.

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Getting that entire surface into direct contact with the hot, oil-slicked pan is the first priority.

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He said he was in frequent contact with top executives from oil companies operating in Libya to assure them their contract with the country's national oil company would be upheld.

WSJ: Mixed Mood in Libyan Capital

He is looking at a lot of options -- sorry, backing up to your middle question -- this administration has been in regular contact with the IEA as well as oil-producing countries during this time of elevated energy prices.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

In Antananarivo I met oil prospectors, airline industry executives and agricultural exporters all trying to make contact with the president's office in the hope of securing an entry into the newly liberated markets abandoned by cronies of the old corrupt regime.

BBC: Madagascar: Island of potential

Think about what this advancement has meant just in terms of access to the resources: When drilling into a hydrocarbon bearing formation 100 feet thick, vertical drilling would allow an operator to contact 100 feet of rock, which would limit your potential recovery to whatever oil or gas would flow into that length of pipe.

FORBES: Horizontal Drilling: A Technological Marvel Ignored

If refineries ask for it, the Energy Department says they'll be in contact with these West Coast refiners to assess their needs and see if they should release some of this oil.

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