Sentences with phrase «demanding more drilling»

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Drilling site managers, who oversee exploration projects, are in huge demand, with both number of employees and salaries up by more than a third over five years.

However, this had more to do with supply than demand and was mostly a U.S. phenomenon, driven by the recent stabilization in the U.S. rig count as well the fact that production has remained resilient, despite the pullback in drilling activity.

If shareholders start demanding that more drillers use their cash to grow returns instead of production, it could be just the thing the industry needs to prevent drilling itself into another hole by causing OPEC to fight back again.

However, with drillers still struggling through more than a year - long rout in commodity prices, Heymann said he does not expect end - market demand for GE products to pick up until perhaps 2017.

Companies including Anadarko Petroleum Corp, ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum Corp have saved millions on drilling and fracking wells in Texas, Colorado and North Dakota since the oil price slide started by demanding that oilfield service companies slash prices by 20 percent to 30 percent or more.

No doubt Desai and Rao will have drilled it into interim manager Kean that Blackburn must start playing the standard of football they demand, so basically more passing and more technical qualities are to seen in Blackburn performances from now.

More than 750 UT vessel designs are in service or on order for demanding roles in the exploration and production sector including anchor - handling, cable - laying and seismic surveys as well as drilling, platform supply and multi-purpose duties.

The more a training drill can mimic the physical demands and subtle nuances found in a fight, the more fight specific benefits a fighter can get out of it.

Coleman found that Catholic schools achieve more educational equity than public schools because they follow a rich and demanding curriculum; provide a structured, orderly environment; offer lots of explicit instruction, including drill and practice; and expect every child to reach minimal goals in each subject by the end of the year.

Responding to the tragedies that have spanned Columbine and Sandyhook and Marjory Stoneman Douglas requires not to simply run children through preparedness drills, but also requires that we add our voices to the young activists demanding why our political system can offer them nothing more than drills layered with thoughts and prayers.

You might see more deep drilling in the Gulf to meet U.S. demand, for example, or we could replace the Canadian oil with oil from countries that don't like us much like Venezuela, or countries where corruption enriches the few like Nigeria.

I start (and started) from the premise that the dramatic decline in crude oil prices that took place from August, 2014 ($ 96 / barrel), to March, 2015 ($ 44 / barrel), was due — on the one hand — to decreased demand, a function of slow economic growth in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, endogenous, price - driven technological change leading to greater fuel efficiency, and policy - driven technological change that also has been leading to greater fuel efficiency, such as more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States; and — on the other hand — was due to increased supply, partly a function of the growth of unconventional (tight) U.S. oil production (a product of the combination of two technologies — horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing).

«Our call to action, in concert with over 130 other organizations, was to demand that no more drilling harm our public health, water and air,» said Deb Nardone, Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Natural Gas Campaign.

That's why the «Gang of 10» senators - a group of five Democrats and five Republicans - is pushing what they describe as a middle course between the Republicans» insistence on more drilling and Democrats» demands for more renewables and efficiency measures.

They might well be interested in a grand bargain that includes some more energy exploration, but I seriously doubt they will demand drilling off the coast of California as the price for their vote — it just doesn't have any obvious direct benefits to most of their constituents.

Thankfully, such a bill — one that requires deep water drilling be better regulated, demands oil companies employ more preventative measures and have thorough response plans, and eliminates the «liability cap» on how much those companies must pay in damages when they cause a spill — is advancing in the Senate.

More Comments: The biggest news of the day was that the comment period for New York State's proposed gas drilling guidance has been extended to January 11th due to the incredible volume of comments, although this is still fewer than the 180 days that many environmentalists and public officials demanded.

Complex projects that demand sawing, drilling and hauling can be boring for budding gardeners who want nothing more than to get their hands dirty.