Even the Australian Resources Minister and lifetime union member, Gary Gray, declined to defend the high pay rates on resource projects, particularly offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) developments.

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Providing services to offshore and particularly deepwater rigs is beneficial to Halliburton since they command better rates and also provide scope to offer integrated solutions to oil and gas companies.

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Paris has always regarded its former colonies - particularly in Africa - as offshore extensions of metropolitan France.

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He suggests buying energy service companies, particularly those involved in deep offshore drilling.

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The Gulf of Mexico disaster will put a brake on new offshore drilling permits, particularly in deep water, for several months and perhaps years.

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And the hefty offshore accounts of rich investors, particularly Russians, face seizure in Cyprus as bailout looms.

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The offshore-outsourcing business is unpopular with most Americans, particularly those who have seen their jobs reading X-rays, analyzing data or answering customer queries shipped overseas.

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This would be particularly important to Iran given that its largest natural gas reserves are found offshore in the Persian Gulf.

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The oil industry is particularly focused on the report because the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has regulatory oversight over offshore operations.

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And there's a feeling among some, particularly the Occupy folks that we've been hearing from a lot lately, that a job created overseas, offshore, is one lost in America.

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