For those unaware, downstream generally refers to refining and marketing activities, and upstream relates to exploration and production.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) provides products and services to oil and gas firms in upstream exploration and production activities.
I've directed Administrator O'Keefe to review all of NASA's current space flight and exploration activities and direct them toward the goals I have outlined.
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This Ocean forecasting system could generate crucial forecast information, such as ocean circulation, sea surface temperature, wave height, to serve the needs of a variety of human activities related to marine hazards mitigation, oil and gas exploration, fisheries, navigation, marine parks management and coastal recreational activities.
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Upstream activities include oil and natural gas exploration, field development and production.
The proceeds would be used in part to support CNPC's global exploration and exploitation activities.
Since its inception in 1953, Buenaventura has focused on exploration and exploitation activities both by its own and through joint ventures.
Other activities included cave exploration, rock climbing and traversing coastlines, Mr Bradford added.
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The European Space Agency believes the vehicle's capabilities will feed into many other exploration activities, at the Moon, Mars and other Solar System destinations.
For sure the exploration activities now ongoing onshore in many western and eastern parts of the United States (think upstate NY, PA, Ohio, The Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas et. al. ) are picking up a head of steam.
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So partners are needed or the company has to (and repeatedly has) turned to the stock market to sell more shares to continue its exploration activities.
The moratorium would stop any new permits from being issued for deepwater drilling in federal waters for the time being, and halt exploration drilling at 33 sites (many of which have already begun shutting down their activities).
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Of course our governors can encourage or mandate certain activities or stimulate or direct particular undertakings--land for railroad building in the 19th century, highway construction and space exploration in this one--but that's a far cry from directing the whole economy.
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