Sentences with phrase «oil drilling plans»

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«The Trump administration's embattled offshore oil drilling plan that exposes our public oceans to oil spills has unified the public in strong opposition that cuts across party lines.

Not exact matches

That plan was nowhere near as broad in scope as the new Trump oil drilling proposal, which would make available drilling rights in more than 90 % of the continental shelf.

The Trump offshore drilling plan would let oil suppliers drill in protected areas of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans — places where governors, attorneys general and lawmakers along the East and West Coasts oppose offshore drilling.

It is also planning to drill up to three new oil wells on a new project in Colorado after strong results from its first well drilled last year.

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Perth - based oil explorer Red Emperor Resources says delays at its Georgian project have been caused by joint venture partner Range Resources, which has failed to carry out a planned drilling program.

More than 90 % of the continental shelf would be available for drilling rights and only one out of 26 planning areas across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico would be entirely off limits to oil drilling under the Trump Administration's plan.

The plan would open the door for drilling in areas far beyond the U.S. epicenter of offshore drilling in the central and western Gulf of Mexico, giving oil and gas companies the opportunity to explore areas left out of leases for decades.

OSLO, April 18 - Offshore oil driller Seadrill plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late June or early July to catch the rising wave of rig market activity, its chief executive told said on Wednesday.

The Oslo - listed oil driller said it plans to replace Chief Executive Alf Thorkildsen with Fredrik Halvorsen, the head of its Archer affiliate, and is looking to relocate management outside Norway.

The Oslo - listed oil driller said it plans to replace Chief Executive Alf Thorkildsen with Fredrik Halvorsen, the head of its Archer affiliate, and is looking to relocate management outside Norway.

Following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Schwarzenegger abandoned plans for new drilling off the California coast that could have raised $ 118 million in the coming year.

OSLO, April 18 (Reuters)- Offshore oil driller Seadrill plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late June or early July to catch the rising wave of rig market activity, its chief executive told said on Wednesday.

In addition to tax changes (more on that below), Trump's plan to grow the economy focuses largely on generating more jobs in the fossil fuel economy (in coal and onshore and offshore drilling for oil and gas) and as a result of new infrastructure projects.

Among the rules that BLM plans to delay until January 2019 are requirements that oil and gas producers submit plans to cut waste, measure and report gas flared from wells and dispose of gas that reaches the surface during drilling and well completion.

On a conference call to discuss fourth - quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations, the Calgary - based company said Thursday it plans to drill only 59 net Alberta heavy oil wells in the current quarter, down from 116 drilled in the fourth quarter.

This resulted in a range of policies — from the Clean Power Plan to methane regulations for oil and gas drilling — that now face uncertainty or complete rescindment.

His company, Knightsbridge Risk Management, a private security firm in Dallas that serves the oil and gas industry, is getting calls from companies that want to plan ahead in case they shut down drilling operations in North Dakota and the Bakken shale formation.

The foundation of that plan is the inventory of more than 10,000 future drilling locations that it put together that can generate a minimum of a 35 % after - tax return at $ 50 oil.

One of those items was a five - year lease plan from the Department of Interior, for the years 2017 through 2022, which includes territories the federal government plans on auctioning off for oil and gas drilling on the outer continental shelf.

Release of the master plan comes as the federal government, even as it forges ahead on offshore wind leases, also has released plans to open nearly the entire U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling.

With the release of its master plan for offshore wind energy, New York State is doubling down on its commitment to renewable energy at a time when the Trump administration is moving to allow coastal drilling for oil and gas.

The Governor's action to protect New York's waters from oil and gas exploration was prompted by the Trump administration's plan to vastly expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Minister Hector Timerman used a press conference in Buenos Aires to outline his country's plans to take «the required legal, administrative, civil and criminal actions against oil companies currently involved in drilling».

The Trump administration is preparing to unveil as soon as this week an expansive offshore oil plan that would open the door to selling new drilling rights in Atlantic waters, according to people familiar with the plan.

The hearing followed the Jan. 4 announcement made by the U.S. Department of the Interior proposing plans for expansion of natural gas and oil drilling along coastal waters.

He said that an amendment was already planned that would extend the ban to include wastewater from vertically drilled oil and gas wells (which is being used elsewhere in the state for deicing roads), as well as those using horizontal fracking techniques.

Drilling for unconventional supplies of oil and natural gas has prompted the EPA to plan to regulate its air pollution

In their oil - spill - response plans, Shell had to prepare for a worst - case scenario nearly three times bigger than in their previous plans for drilling in the Beaufort Sea, map out the possible discharge over 30 days instead of 3 days, and identify the specific equipment that would be used to mop up such a spill.

Plans to drill for oil in one of the last remaining habitats of the highly endangered Rothschild's giraffe could further threaten this neglected animal

She added that research suggests the plan will allow oil drilling activity both too close to mating grounds, and too close to places where females nest.

Koenig says environmental campaigners are deeply concerned about stepped up drilling plans in other parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon but they see merit in supporting the Yasuni Initiative as a means by which to enable Ecuador to extricate itself from its current «oil debt trap.»

The plans don't ban oil and gas drilling, but restrict them in certain areas that have been identified as critical to the sage grouse.

Green leaders worry that if Bush administration plans to expand offshore oil drilling are not overturned by President Obama, oil spills in U.S. waters could remain a sad fact of life.

On Tuesday, the Obama administration dropped its plan to open the coast of Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas to oil and gas drilling.

The villain in this scenario is the humourless tycoon Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), who plans, improbably, to drill for oil on the land where the theatre stands.

But before he can even announce his candidacy, Pryce has big - energy fatcats nipping at his heels, none too pleased with the Congressman's eco-friendly plans to bring an end to oil drilling altogether.

March 31, 2010 • President Obama announced Wednesday a plan to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling.

On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets» former stomping grounds.

When he discovers an evil oil baron's plan to destroy the studio in order to drill for oil, he works with Kermit and the rest of The Muppets to put on a show to save their property.

«On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary and Mary from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets» former stomping grounds.»

With President Trump's plans to lift regulations and allow drilling on federal land, there are no signs that the oil and gas industry will be slowing down.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke maintained this week that Florida remains exempt from the Trump administration's plan to open up coastal waters to oil drilling.

Though the art piece is in the northern part of the lake and remotely - located from any town or road, the plans to drill for oil five miles out by Canadian company Amoco have sparked protest from across the world, prompting the state to postpone the decision for a permit.

The new plan is more restrictive than the 2009 environmental report on oil and gas drilling, which was written before fracking became a prime target of local environmental groups.

In fact, he raised more than one million dollars from big oil just last month, most of which came after he announced his plan for offshore drilling in a room full of cheering oil executives.

These threatened species also face the prospect of offshore drilling in the Arctic after the Obama Administration recently approved a number of plans to move forward on oil exploration.

The Trump Administration's plans for a dramatic and reckless increase in oil and gas drilling in the Western Arctic would threaten core wildlife values and accelerate the impacts of global climate change, at a time when a transition to clean energy alternatives is urgently needed.