Sentences with phrase «exploratory oil well»

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.

If an exploratory oil well proves to be a dry hole, it is called risky.

Risk is a perception in each investor's mind that results from analysis of the probability and amount of potential loss from an investment, writes legendary investor Seth Klarman, «If an exploratory oil well proves to be a dry hole, it is called risky.

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The Gulf oil spill resulted in an outright ban on the drilling of exploratory wells that was only recently lifted.

The oil giant Shell has been granted permission by the US government to drill two exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea and three in the Chukchi Sea, both north of Alaska, this year — between 15 July and late September.

They drilled several exploratory wells but lost interest when they got volcanic rocks instead of oil - bearing sediments.

Most Witches had respectable jobs, like dowsers (who could save a company the cost of drilling exploratory holes for water or oil wells), or healers.

Ben Raines, an award - winning environment reporter in Alabama, unearthed a two - day - old federal memo today proposing that the flow of oil from the wrecked exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico could vastly increase.

[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.

Better yet would be to debate an energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American jobs and future energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.

The two countries have since drilled a series of exploratory oil and gas wells in the JDA.

Indeed, a Royal Dutch Shell said its 2015 exploratory oil rig «found indications of oil and gas in the Burger J well, but these are not sufficient to warrant further exploration in the Burger prospect.»