Discussion centered around political issues and did not extend to specific oil or gas projects, Amirahmadi said.
Last year a pipeline opened between Kazakhstan and China which may yet extend to the Caspian oil fields.
Fracking is an underground procedure that has been used safely and succesfully for decades to extend the life of older oil wells.
But the Hebron oil field is believed to extend southward into U.S. waters with its billion-barrel potential.
In the most hotly contended elections in Venezuela in more than ten years, Hugo Chavez managed to extend his rule over the largest holder of oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere for another six years.
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But while geologists believe the rich Texas gas fields extend across the border, Mexico's state-owned oil monopoly, Pemex, has focused on boosting oil exports and hasn't proved effective at finding natural gas.
Mexico used to talk about exporting gas to the U.S. But though geologists believe that the rich Texas gas fields extend across the border, Mexico's state-owned oil monopoly, Pemex, has focused on boosting oil exports and hasn't been effective at finding natural gas.
Instead of hunting for them with expensive exploratory wells, drillers know exactly where the gas and oil are now, trapped in huge sandstone formations that extend across entire states.
And since I know that the other side in Congress have promised they'll never raise taxes as long as they live, this is a good time to keep that promise when it comes to businesses that are putting Americans to work and helping break our dependence on foreign oil. (Applause.) So we should extend these tax credits.
The extend to which BP had worked to establish a positive reputation likely made the reaction to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill even harsher.
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The report calls on the European Commission to extend the remit of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to cover safety inspections of offshore installations such as oil rigs.
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