Sentences with phrase «affect oil exploration»
Newly open waters will also change shipping lanes, affect oil exploration, and create new challenges to national security.
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The Obama administration considered opening some of the affected areas to oil exploration, but abandoned the idea in 2016 because of concerns from states, coastal residents and the military, which uses waters that would be affected.
Though the Obama Administration looked into opening some areas to oil exploration on a smaller scale, the idea was abandoned in 2016 after concerns from the military, coastal residents, and states that would be affected.
The change is one of many in the North American energy landscape affecting Pemex, which also faces competition in exploration and production as Mexico prepares to allow foreign oil companies back into the country for the first time in 75 years.
Commentators have been overtly optimistic about the potential for oil exploration to affect the local economy positively.
If the proposed critical habitat designation is approved, other federal agencies will be required to consult with NOAA Fisheries on actions such as oil exploration and drilling that could destroy or adversely affect the area.
Murkowski favors more oil exploration in the region, but she raised another significant issue that could affect the energy industry's push into the Arctic.
The animals will be tracked for two months off west Greenland - and gauge how hunting, oil exploration and climate change may be affecting them.
Levi said low oil prices can affect a long - term exploration strategy simply by crimping cash flow:
These price changes now appear to be affecting the global economy, and may result in a global recession as oil and gas producers reduce their exploration and development efforts for oil and gas and countries dependent on oil and gas revenue from large reservoirs are forced to retrench and rethink their lifestyles.
For example, the Department of the Interior reviews exploration plans and oil spill response plans, the Environmental Protection Agency reviews water pollution plans, and, until recently, air pollution plans, and the National Marine Fisheries Service reviews how activities will affect marine mammals like whales and seals.