Critics also charged that the Bank was lending money to drill off a foreign shore while banning drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
We will drill new wells off-shore, and we'll drill them now.
Focusing on high-margin drilling technology and tools, Duroc-Danner spun off the drill-pipe business as Grant Prideco in 2000 and sold off capital-intensive barge rig and gas-compression businesses.
Every country that thinks it might have oil offshore is going after it, including Cuba, which has contracted with China and others to drill only 60 miles off the coast of Florida.
Focusing on high-margin drilling technology and tools, Duroc-Danner spun off the drill-pipe business as Grant Prideco (nyse: GRP - news - people ) in 2000 and sold off capital-intensive barge rig and gas-compression businesses.
It was a simple drill: the lineman squaring off against an offensive player who wore the number 76.
It might seem like more of a no brainer to many of us: we drill for oil and gas off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, why not off the Carolinas and Alaska too?
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The drifting chunk of ice, more than 32 miles long by 12 miles wide, forced the drill ship Noble Discoverer to move off the planned well as a precaution, company spokesman Curtis Smith said.
He also noted that Shell is awaiting word on licenses from the U.S. government before deciding whether it will resume attempts to drill offshore in the Arctic circle off the shore of Alaska in 2014, something that is opposed by environmental groups.
Beyond its production update, Chevron made headlines on Wednesday as it once again won permission from Brazilian regulators to drill in their pre-salt fields off the coast of Rio.
Shell says it's working at far less depth and lower pressures than the BP well that erupted off Louisiana, destroying the Deepwater Horizon drill rig and killing 11 men aboard.
But many here are beginning to brace for change as the Illinois Legislature considers regulations that could set off a rush among energy companies to drill deep in the southern Illinois bedrock for oil and natural gas.
She says her other kids -- ages 15, 9 and 7 -- know the "safety drill" by heart: When Michael starts to go off, they run into the car and lock the doors.
Some of the more traditional energy producers say if you want the economy to do better, maybe take some of the regulations off in terms of making it easier to drill or to gather coal until you can develop those green energies.
George Bush, the incumbent, wants Congress to let oil firms drill in areas of Alaska and coastal waters that are currently off-limits for environmental reasons.
Spurs paid the price for standing off Saha, allowing the French striker ample time and space to drill a low finish into Gomes' right-hand corner from 20 yards.
First of all, the relief valve is the final and most assured final step -- that would be to essentially drill down the 19, 000 feet to where the formation is and to block off the well that is now open.
Greenpeace campaigners have been criticizing Scottish oil firm Cairn Energy, which announced earlier this week that it had found gas off the coast of Greenland and had received permission from the nation's government to drill two wells.
Summer is filled with distractions and trying to keep your focus on big initiatives while everyone else is off frolicking or when you can smell the newly-mown grass outside your living room window as you drill yourself on logic games is a formidable task.
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