Jim Noe, general counsel of shallow-water drilling contractor Hercules Offshore defended shallow-water drilling, saying such projects tap relatively low-pressure reservoirs, making blowouts less likely.
McMoRan and Energy XXI are working furiously to unlock the huge gas discoveries they have made in the Gulf of Mexico Shallow Water Ultra Deep play.
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But, along the way, even including disappointing wells that held no meaningful hydrocarbons, there has been a complete redefinition of the geology of the Shallow Water Ultra Deep play.
Mr Uren was taking part in a relay race in which services personnel had to run up to the inflatable pool, get in over the side and grab a piece of plastic fruit floating in or under a shallow depth of water.
Jetties Beach, just north of town, was the family crowd pleaser with a far expanse of warm, shallow water, a decent concession stand and -- while we were there -- seal sightings.
That work showed acoustic invisibility in a shallow layer of water, at ultrasound frequencies above those we can hear.
Dennis Lenahan is an itinerant high-dive artist who makes a perilous living by leaping off an 80-foot ladder into a shallow tub of water.
Stepping cautiously through the slime until he reached solid ground, looking disoriented, he regarded his image in the shallow water of the river while the paratroopers dried their feet with an old shirt, then pulled on their socks and boots and rolled down their pants.
It largely abandoned the specialized deepwater-drilling business and built a fleet of the more conventional shallow-water rigs known as jackups.
In recent public statements McMoran has been identified as the clear leader in shallow water exploration of the Gulf of Mexico ultra deep.
Much of the reef lies in shallow water, and it may be the only place in the Philippines where even snorkelers stand a strong chance of seeing sharks.
Sapphire Energy's answer is a form of "green crude oil" made from algae, which can be grown on non-agricultural land in shallow paddies full of undrinkable saline water.
Though the field sits in shallow water, this part of the Caspian freezes over in winter and fierce winds blow chunks of ice into the islands that the consortium has built to develop the field.
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Wave refraction: process by which the direction of approach of a wave changes as it moves into shallow water.
While the major oil companies were focused on drilling for oil far offshore in 5, 000 or 8, 000 or 10, 000 feet of water, Moffett and McMoRan embarked on a prodigious challenge of their own by drilling to unprecedented depths of 33, 000 feet and more in shallow water.
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For much of the way it was a gentle wade through shallow water, the wet rocks providing a surprisingly firm grip for both sandals and bare feet.
The project calls for the off-white wind turbines in a 25-square-mile area in a shallow part of the sound, a triangular body of water surrounded by Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
The lightweight boat has a draft so shallow that you can float in just a foot of water and take it where similarly sized boats can't go.
The nation's capital, Harare, has not imported adequate supplies of chemicals to treat water, resulting in citizens resorting to shallow wells and rivers for water, according to health advocates.
Doug is convinced that drilling in deepwater is somehow better than shallow water even though you might have a mile of pipe sloshing around with the tides before you get to the seabed.
It was a partner in this Shallow Water Ultra Deep drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico until its CEO, Jim Flores, was scared to death by the BP Macondo disaster and its financial impact on BP.
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The trust that organises the event made the decision because the water at the end of the pier is now too shallow.
Building turbines on land can be just as controversial, suitable locations for fixed-base shallow-water turbines are limited and a new generation of big turbines will need lots of space: only a couple can be placed in each square kilometre.
By issuing shallow water drilling permits at a rate 10 percent that of the same time last year, BOEM has imposed a de facto ban on offshore energy exploration on top of the official deepwater stay that ran from May to November.
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In fact, the coalition estimates that only about 500 shallow-water workers have been laid off as a result of the permitting slowdown.
Some of the wells the company has drilled in the Gulf of Mexico have been located either onshore in Louisiana or in water as shallow as only 10 feet.
At this point, he and his partners, Energy XXI and the legendary Texas oil man Tex Moncrief, have pursued the Shallow Water Ultra Deep (SWUD) play in the Gulf of Mexico with a persistence that is something to behold.
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President Obama's drilling moratorium officially includes only projects in more than 500 feet of water, but the U.S. Minerals Management Service, a division of the Interior Department that regulates deepwater drilling, has held up shallow-water permits, too, until it can review safety standards.
In late May, Uncle Sam lifted the ban on shallow-water drilling, which occurs in less than 500 feet of water.
Even shallow-water drillers haven't been immune from the effects of the spill.
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