Its exploitation and exploration activities are concentrated in areas with
known hydrocarbon resources, which are conducive to multi-well, repeatable drilling programs.
Not exact matches
The high reliance of
resource - rich countries on
hydrocarbon revenues creates well -
known challenges tied to the risk of fluctuation in prices and boom - and - bust cycles in spending.
And the California Public
Resource Code permits «the owners or operators of -LSB--RSB- wells to utilize all methods and practices
known to the oil industry for the purpose of increasing the ultimate recovery of underground
hydrocarbons,» declaring it the «policy of this state» to maximize fossil - fuel production.
But at some point, while fossil
hydrocarbons will still be a valuable
resource, if it takes more energy to get them into the tank or the power plant than is provided when we burn them, they will
no longer be a source of energy.