Sentences with phrase «oil drilling rig in»

The Natural Resources Defense Council has issued a statement concluding that recent events — most notably the grounding of a Shell Oil drilling rig in Alaska — show the oil industry is not ready to safely, cleanly drill offshore in the Arctic.

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Oil fell earlier in the day after a weekly report showed U.S. drillers added five oil rigs in the week to April Oil fell earlier in the day after a weekly report showed U.S. drillers added five oil rigs in the week to April oil rigs in the week to April 27.

Grad, 71, studied petroleum engineering and entered the oil industry in 1971, labouring on drilling rigs.

U.S. drillers added five oil rigs in the week to April 27, bringing the total count to 825, the highest since March 2015, General Electric's Baker Hughes energy services firm said.

U.S. drillers added five oil rigs looking for new production in the week to April 27, according to energy services firm Baker Hughes, bringing the total count to a March 2015 high of 825.

U.S. drillers added five oil rigs drilling for new production in the week ending April 20, bringing the total count to 820, the highest since March, 2015, according to General Electric's Baker Hughes energy services firm.

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.

Oil prices gave up earlier gains as rising U.S. output loomed over markets, despite a slowdown in rig drilling activity.

The tally of oil rigs rose in recent weeks, with oil prices near $ 50 per barrel and demand for drilling equipment on the rise.

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.

Oklahoma has been a huge oil - producing state, and while drilling - heavy states have tended to do well in previous editions of our rankings, the collapse in oil prices and in active drilling rigs is starting to hurt.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technologin the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technologin this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technologIn return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

The signs are clear — US drillers are no longer adding rigs at breakneck paces, despite the rise in oil prices.

After falling for four consecutive months, support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction rose 9.9 % in April, as both rigging and drilling services advanced.

PTSD sufferers in the battered upstream oil and gas industry will take little comfort to learn their economic future is in the hands of software written by programmers and traders who have never set foot on a drilling rig or production operation, nor put on a pair of coveralls or a hard hat.

Shares in the oil drilling services firm Transocean (RIG) are rising by about 2.5 % premarket after the company said it had reached two settlements related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.

After going through the ritualistic Monday morning downside test on the back of rising oil drilling rig counts, WTI rallied around $ 2 towards $ 69.35 in NY, as traders remain singularly focused on the Iran nuclear deal.

Per Google Finance, Seahawk Drilling «operates a jackup rig business that provides contract drilling services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry in the Gulf of MexicoDrilling «operates a jackup rig business that provides contract drilling services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry in the Gulf of Mexicodrilling services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry in the Gulf of Mexico.»

The markets reacted apathetically to Baker Hughes US Crude Oil Drilling Rig Count., UP 5 to 820 Rigs, Most Since March 2015 suggesting that the primary focus is falling on Iran sanctions while declining production is overshadowing the Rig count in Venezuela and Angola.

The blunt - spoken civil engineer has spent more than a half - century investigating high - profile engineering failures, from the space shuttle Columbia's horrific end to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil - drilling rig in the Gulf.

The scientist - versus - scientist clashes are just some of the new details about science's role in stopping the spill that have emerged in the year since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and set off what would become the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

In 2000, the US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) published a report warning that there were several difficulties connected with deep - water well control, that experience in this area was «limited» and with many rigs having very high oil production rates, a blowout could be «a potential show - stopper» for deep - water drilling in generaIn 2000, the US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) published a report warning that there were several difficulties connected with deep - water well control, that experience in this area was «limited» and with many rigs having very high oil production rates, a blowout could be «a potential show - stopper» for deep - water drilling in generain this area was «limited» and with many rigs having very high oil production rates, a blowout could be «a potential show - stopper» for deep - water drilling in generain general.

The rig, owned and operated by the Nabors Drilling company and previously used to find oil or gas, first bit into the reddish soil here in July 2002, drilling a pilot hole 1.4 miles deep, which was outfitted with a string of seismDrilling company and previously used to find oil or gas, first bit into the reddish soil here in July 2002, drilling a pilot hole 1.4 miles deep, which was outfitted with a string of seismdrilling a pilot hole 1.4 miles deep, which was outfitted with a string of seismometers.

Dumptrucks for gravel; 18 wheelers for supplies, water, waste, drilling mud, pipe, fuel, cement and oil; flatbeds for excavators and rig equipment — plus hundreds of trips in work trucks and pickups.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies strategies for improving the reliability of bolts used in offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, thereby reducing the risk that a bolt failure could cause a spill of oil, drilling fluids, or natural gas into the environment.

The film recounts the real events of April 2010, when the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded into flames, causing the worst oil - spill in US history.

This film recounts the events of April 2010, when a drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana exploded, creating the biggest oil - spill in US history.

SYNOPSIS: A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Directed by Peter Berg, the film is a dramatization of the 2010 disaster in which the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon explodes, thus creating the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Other than having seen oil rigs in water a few places in the world, I don't have the prior knowledge about any kind of oil drilling to understand the text.

Artist Statement on DEEPHORIZON: «The supreme discipline of art — oil painting — is back with a vengeance — in the form of an oil painting on a 80.000 square miles ocean canvas with 32 million litres of oil — a unique piece of art... It has been 13 days since a BP oil and gas exploration well blew out, setting fire to the drilling rig, which sank, killing 11 people.

He mainly pointed his camera at ecosystems and human communities in harm's way, but sometimes focused on the fossil fuel industry — most notably in capturing the first images of Shell's (ultimately ill - fated) Arctic oil rig Kulluk as it prepared to drill an exploratory oil well in the Beaufort Sea in 2012.

In a hearing this morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to examine various issues related to offshore oil and gas exploration and to grill executives from BP, Halliburton and Transocean about the fatal and environmentally calamitous destruction of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

The numerous technical and operational breakdowns that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest the lack of a suitable approach for managing the inherent risks, uncertainties, and dangers associated with deepwater drilling operations and a failure to learn from previous «near misses.»

In other shocking news, officials in Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of MexicIn other shocking news, officials in Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexico.

This week, he announced that the part of the agency which permits oil and gas drilling and collects royalties will be separated from the part of the agency in charge of inspecting the safety of oil rigs and platforms and enforcing the law.

Using the world's most authoritative database of oil rig accidents, a Norwegian company, Det Norske Veritas, focused on some 15,000 wells drilled off North America and in the North Sea from 1980 to 2006.

a great irony I have observed while working at sea since 1983 in the global offshore oil & gas industry is the explosion of marine life that occurs in and around offshore drilling rigs.

As for increased sealife around oil rigs as a good thing (previous comment)-- please note that sea life congregates around outcroppings in the ocean — in the case of oil rigs though, the sea life ends up with dangerously high levels of mercury from mercury contaminated drilling muds.

When the price of gas plummeted in 2008 to below production recovery prices, most drilling rigs switched away from drilling for gas to drilling for oil.

«Greenland has condemned as illegal a protest by Greenpeace activists who scaled an oil rig in a bid to prevent a British company from drilling in Arctic waters off the North Atlantic island.»

The magnitude of the change in drilling can be seen in the decline in the number of active oil rigs that are now less than half the number they were before the price decline.

It would prevent further deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico until officials determine what went wrong in the April 20 explosion and fire at an oil rig that led to oil gushing into the ocean 5,000 feet below the surface.

When I read announcements at that time, I don't recall any which explored public backlash against Radford's role in the chilling controversy where thirty Greenpeace activists were arrested and held in Russia for a protest stunt at a Russian oil drilling rig.

More about oil spills: Gulf Oil Spill: The Black and Oily Demise of Wildlife (Slideshow) One Day After 462,000 - Gallon Spill in Texas, Only 10 % of Oil Cleaned Up One More Reason Oil Spills Are Bad: Surface Cleanup can Make it Worse for Fish Below Hundreds of Birds Killed in Oil Spill on Russia's Sakhalin Island Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in Brookoil spills: Gulf Oil Spill: The Black and Oily Demise of Wildlife (Slideshow) One Day After 462,000 - Gallon Spill in Texas, Only 10 % of Oil Cleaned Up One More Reason Oil Spills Are Bad: Surface Cleanup can Make it Worse for Fish Below Hundreds of Birds Killed in Oil Spill on Russia's Sakhalin Island Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Spill: The Black and Oily Demise of Wildlife (Slideshow) One Day After 462,000 - Gallon Spill in Texas, Only 10 % of Oil Cleaned Up One More Reason Oil Spills Are Bad: Surface Cleanup can Make it Worse for Fish Below Hundreds of Birds Killed in Oil Spill on Russia's Sakhalin Island Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Cleaned Up One More Reason Oil Spills Are Bad: Surface Cleanup can Make it Worse for Fish Below Hundreds of Birds Killed in Oil Spill on Russia's Sakhalin Island Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Spills Are Bad: Surface Cleanup can Make it Worse for Fish Below Hundreds of Birds Killed in Oil Spill on Russia's Sakhalin Island Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Spill on Russia's Sakhalin Island Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Spills: It's the System That Leaks California Combats Oil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Spills: New Bills Make Their Way Onto the Governator's Desk Touring an Oil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in BrookOil Spill Twice the Size of Exxon Valdez — in Brooklyn

In terms of oil produced per day of rig drilling time, Bakken wells drilled in January 2014 produced 2.4 times as much oil as those drilled five years earlier, in January 200In terms of oil produced per day of rig drilling time, Bakken wells drilled in January 2014 produced 2.4 times as much oil as those drilled five years earlier, in January 200in January 2014 produced 2.4 times as much oil as those drilled five years earlier, in January 200in January 2009.

The site where we discovered the oil was in an area called South Pass, near Port Eads, the very southernmost point of Louisiana, and some 30 miles north from the underwater oil geyser caused by the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig.

Crew members loading supplies onto an idle oil rig near Port Fourchon, La., in August as they awaited an end to the deepwater drilling ban.

Via Cruise Law News comes a link to a lengthy Los Angeles Times article exploring the practice of oil companies registering their drilling rigs in exotic foreign lands to avoid, to the greatest extent possible, oversight by U.S. authorities.

These claims can arise in the context of anything from a motor vehicle crash, product liability claims, or the safety precautions, policies, and procedures in place at an oil drilling rig.