Sentences with phrase «during oil drilling»

Tightens, loosens and monitors sections of pipe using hydraulic clamps during the oil drilling operation

There, gas produced during oil drilling is routinely flared because there's no established local market.

North Dakota does not require freshwater testing during oil drilling.

Water also comes to the surface during oil drilling, but it is unclear how much of that «produced water» is reused by the oil companies for new production because there are currently no reporting requirements, something the bill seeks to address.

Not exact matches

During oil's deep decline, Schlumberger offered to drill in oilfields that were on hiatus in exchange for a share of future production, a move that was «very controversial» and has yet to pay off, says Colin Davies, an analyst at Bernstein.

Oil majors and large independent drillers need to shore up their asset portfolios after several years of underinvestment during a price slump, analysts say.

In recent years, warmer temperatures have reduced the amount of time energy companies can explore onshore oil, due in part to drilling equipment that can only be used during the coldest months.

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.

Add Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) to the list of shale - focused drillers that blew past expectations during the first quarter.

In that case, several Republican congressmembers camped out on the House floor during the August recess to protest the lack of a vote on expanded oil - and - gas drilling, and supporters vigorously chronicled their activities through short messages to the Twitter - using audience.

Paterson noted the bill, which was passed by both the Senate and Assembly during the recent extraordinary session (although it was not on the governor's agenda), goes well beyond horizontal hydraulic fracturing and effectively would result in a moratorium on all new oil and gas well drilling.

The site was the scene of protests during the summer when energy firm Cuadrilla carried out test drilling for oil.

Besides working for eight years to overturn the Clinton administration's «Roadless Rule» that prevented road building (and the logging that usually follows) on 58.5 million acres of national forests, the Bush White House has opened up 45 million additional acres of public land across the American West to oil and gas drilling during its tenure.

Colorado announced proposed rules on Monday designed to reduce emissions during oil and gas operations in an agreement with drillers that addresses one key environmental concern surrounding the U.S.

During Tuesday's hearing, for instance, Zinke told Sen. John Barrasso he would support the Wyoming Republican's effort to scrap a recently finalized BLM rule to limit methane waste from oil and gas drilling.

Arctic warming has caused a rapid decline in sea ice cover during the past decade that could seriously affect everything from Arctic ecosystems to shipping and oil drilling.

Water pumped from deep underground during oil and gas drilling could help farmers weather water shortages.

Understanding of fundamental processes and prediction of optimal parameters during the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing process results in economically effective improvement of oil and...

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.

Third, there were some asset purchases and rationalizing of assets between the portfolio companies during the past 4 months; Several oil / gas well drilling companies / assets were acquired by different affiliates within the portfolio, then the companies / assets were consolidated under Steel Excel (the shell of the old ADAPTEC), presumably upstreaming some cash from Steel Excel to the holding company for further investments.

During more than the past five years through June 30, 2009, our emphasis had been participation in the oil and gas segment, acquiring interests in producing oil or gas properties and participating in drilling operations.

For example, we reduced our overweight in Energy in recent quarters and have pivoted away from domestic onshore drillers to global players that have exposure to off - shore oil deposits that have traditionally enjoyed higher margins than onshore producers during a full energy cycle.

[43] In addition, Shell planned to drill exploratory wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas during the summer of 2012, which environmental groups filed a lawsuit about in an attempt to protect native communities, endangered wildlife, and the Arctic Ocean in the event of a major oil spill.

About a third of the human budget comes from fossil fuel exploration, where methane leaks from oil and gas wells during drilling, the researchers said in a press release.

In June, during the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, there was more opposition (52 %) than support (44 %) for increased offshore drilling.

Aside from more fossil fuels to burn, critics of Arctic drilling say any spill would be practically impossible to clean given the harsh conditions and complete lack - of - infrastructure; oil companies would face freezing temperatures, moving ice, fierce storms, in addition to the fact that any spill would likely have to be abandoned during the long dark Arctic winter.

PEARL was the only research station taking measurements during that cold dark time — data which, as Drummond points out, would be vital to operating large - scale oil drilling operations year - round in the region.

Moreover, the legislation puts the interests of the oil and gas lobby over millions of citizens, thousands of businesses and hundreds of coastal communities who spoke out against new offshore drilling during the federal government's extensive planning process.

«Carbon dioxide comes from combusting fossil fuels, and methane comes from natural and industrial sources, including the large amounts that are released during oil and gas drilling,» Walke says.

He permitted it to rubber - stamp dangerous drilling operations by BP — a firm with the worst safety record of any oil company — with virtually no environmental safeguards, using industry - friendly regulations drafted during the Bush years.

(5) Whenever, before or during the drilling of a well not within the boundaries of an operating coal mine, the well operator encounters conditions of a nature which renders drilling of the bore hole or a portion thereof impossible, or more hazardous than usual, the well operator, upon verbal notice to the department, may immediately plug all or part of the bore hole, if drilling has occurred, and commence a new bore hole not more than 50 feet from the old bore hole if the location of the new bore hole does not violate section 3215 (relating to well location restrictions) and, in the case of a well subject to act of July 25, 1961 (P.L. 825, No. 359), known as the Oil and Gas Conservation Law, if the new location complies with existing laws, regulations and spacing orders and the new bore hole is at least 330 feet from the nearest lease boundary.

Obama and his strategists clearly decided that in a tight race during fragile economic times, he should compete with Romney by promising to mine more coal and drill more oil.

During a visit to a Repsol oil drilling site they witnessed first hand the complex propaganda machine of petroleum industry, the impact it is having on the local environment and how it is affecting the local indigenous communities.Can you tell me how the idea for the Toxico Mission came about?

There are also many spills caused every year by off - shore drilling, many of them during the annual hurricane season, which is yet another major reason why we should end our dependence on oil switch to clean energy sources.

The petition in the case was filed by Oil States Energy Services, LLC, which owns U.S. Patent No. 6,179,053, covering an apparatus and method used in hydraulic fracturing during petroleum drilling.

Typical job activities listed on a Reservoir Engineer resume include using advanced equipment and computer software, making adjustments during the drilling process, analyzing reservoir viability and investment potential, and updating knowledge of oil price fluctuations.

Experience in interpreting indicators in mud returns during drilling processes; drilling rate, mud weight, flowline temperature, oil indicators, pump pressure, pump rate, and other data.