Mike Nesbitt said his party would abstain from a vote because while the party would not support fracking if there were any evidence that damage would be done to the environment, closing down the exploration would have "reputational damage on Northern Ireland PLC".
Or is it perhaps time to kick the space exploration can down the road and over the cliff?
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The sector has been so beaten down that the small exploration and production players seem to have lost what little following they had, and so recent good news has gone mostly unnoticed.
The exhibit, which opens this week in New York City, is both a feat of scientific wonderment and an ironic exploration of perception, down to the upside down goggles that visitors can use to invert their view of the show.
My art practice has led me down many and varied paths of visual exploration -- from landscape photographs of Las Vegas to portraits of sock monkeys, chewed dog toys and medical museum specimens.
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp shares are currently trading down about 3.5% on the day.
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp shares are currently trading down about 1.4% on the day.
McMoRan Exploration Co shares are currently trading down about 6.8% on the day.
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McMoRan Exploration Co shares are currently trading down about 6.1% on the day.
McMoran Exploration Co shares are currently trading down about 15.1% on the day.
Newfield Exploration Co. shares are currently trading down about 17.9% on the day.
Newfield Exploration Co. shares are currently trading down about 5.7% on the day.
Among the largest underlying components of FXN, in trading today HollyFrontier Corp. ( NYSE: HFC) is up about 0.5%, Sunoco, Inc. ( NYSE: SUN) is down about 0.1%, and Newfield Exploration Co. ( NYSE: NFX) is lower by about 1.7%.
It also puts the other person on the defensive and shuts down the conversation rather than opening the issue up for exploration.
PLC's failure to plug the mile-deep well that has been leaking oil since April is sending shudders down the spines of industry leaders who previously considered offshore exploration to be one of the last lucrative frontiers in the domestic oil business.
Among the largest underlying components of XOP, in trading today McMoran Exploration Co ( NYSE: MMR) is down about 0.2%, Quicksilver Resources, Inc. ( NYSE: KWK) is off about 4.1%, and Ultra Petroleum Corp. ( NYSE: UPL) is lower by about 0.3%.
His bigger concerns are utilities, which could suffer from required replacement costs in some areas, and exploration companies like Apache, which had to shut down production in the Gulf.
Widely considered the "Magna Carta of space law, " this treaty lays down the fundamental principle of non-appropriation and that the exploration and use of space shall be the province of all mankind.
In a brief nod to more old-school exploration, the game gives you a treasure map to hunt down some magical armor.
The offshore drilling debate boils down to an argument over leasing government waters for oil and natural gas exploration and production.
They create choice points to avoid getting weighted down with fruitless rules, while also maximizing diversity, inviting embellishment, and encouraging exploration and experimentation.
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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Bush said he would instruct the Energy Department to identify other federal lands that could be opened to exploration, support construction of new pipelines, expand refining capacity by tearing down "regulatory hurdles, " and commit billions to clean coal technology and hydroelectric power.
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