Sentences with phrase «offshore exploration»

At its cabinet meeting yesterday, the Belize government approved a policy that will legally ban offshore exploration in all seven areas that make up the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage area.

I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.

Pushing for coastal drilling: In their energy plan, the B.C. Liberals promise to work «to lift the federal moratorium on offshore exploration and development and reiterate the intention to simultaneously lift the provincial moratorium.»

So - called roadless oil extraction, in which oil companies use offshore exploration and production methods and leave less of an imprint on the area being drilled, is a viable alternative, argue Swing and others associated with Scientists Concerned for Yasuni, a network of independent researchers that first came together in 2004 to stop a proposed road project inside the park.

Senator Bill Nelson, the Florida Democrat, has drafted legislation that would suspend the Obama administration's plan to move forward with offshore exploration and drilling for new oil deposits until a full investigation of the Gulf of Mexico explosion and spill is completed and new protocols developed to prevent future accidents of this sort.

One such venture, a gold exploration company, was taken over in a reverse takeover a number of years ago by an oil exploration company involved in a speculative offshore exploration venture in South America.

• Most large offshore exploration and production companies operate on a global basis and, given this geographic challenge, it can be challenging to co-ordinate negotiations with all parties.

Fire Protection and Safety Engineer on industrial offshore exploration, drilling and production projects.

Standing up for the nation's endangered Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System — a World Heritage site that's fragile, delicate and threatened — was the Belize Prime Minister and his cabinet, all of whom agreed that a policy to ban offshore exploration wasn't just a good idea — it could be the only way to save this unique ecosystem.

In addition, the Cabinet agreed to ban offshore exploration within one kilometer on either side of the Belize Barrier Reef System, resulting in an additional 868 square miles falling under the offshore exploration ban.

Over 500 activists peacefully demonstrated against the negative impacts of offshore exploration and exploitation, under discussion at the MCE Deepwater Development summit by representatives from big oil and gas companies including Total, Shell, BP, Exxon, and Repsol.

Regularly advises, and acts for, companies involved in offshore exploration.