A350 project manager Didier Evrard said that the preparation for a new automated drilling process took longer than expected, causing production schedules to be delayed by several weeks.

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As of March 25, there were 1, 738 rigs preparing for, or in the process of, drilling new oil and gas well across the country.

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Fracking is the underground fracturing of very deep underground shale deposits where natural gas is sequestered and then is recovered using normal process procedures of deep and horizontal drilling for recovering natural gas.

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The judge ordered an environmental review of the drilling process that Texas, North Dakota and other states have safely regulated for years.

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The process has been banned in France, while the UK recently lifted a moratorium on drilling for shale gas.

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Bioerosion: process by which animals, through drilling, grazing and burrowing, erode hard substances, for example rocks and coral reefs.

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Obama said the federal government would begin the process of leasing some areas off the coasts of Virginia, Alaska and possibly Florida to oil companies for drilling.

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