Sentences with phrase «oil exploration»

This developing nation is leading the way by placing its environment front and center and has announced bold legislation to stop oil exploration in all of its waters.

According to him, there are many experiences about how residents in areas of oil exploration suffer in the midst of plenty.

The warming climate is making it easier for ships and vessels to access the ocean, increasing the opportunity for oil exploration.

Most oil exploration companies need prices to climb above $ 60 before they'll feel confident about launching new projects and staffing up again.

To keep reducing that reliance on imports, my administration is encouraging offshore oil exploration and production — as long as it's safe and responsible.

The legislation marks the first time that a developing country has taken such a major step to protect its oceans — and all the life within — from oil exploration and extraction.

But now the whales also face climate change and noise created by oil exploration and boat traffic.

The authors, a mix of academic researchers and scientists for environmental groups, recommended that a moratorium on new oil exploration or development projects within the park, which sits atop substantial reserves.

The residents, most of whom are vegetable and fish farmers say oil exploration will not be in their interest.

Over the last three years, I've directed my administration to open up millions of acres for gas and oil exploration across 23 different states.

In the 20th century, oil exploration transformed the city again.

Now, increased domestic oil exploration certainly has its place as we make our economy more fuel - efficient and transition to other, renewable, American - made sources of energy.

Newly open waters will also change shipping lanes, affect oil exploration, and create new challenges to national security.

In three to five years, we'll drop that to $ 10, the same as a medium - size oil exploration and production company.

And nobody knows better than the oil industry, which continues to drill wells at record depths as part of everyday oil exploration.

The husband's background was in international oil exploration and trade.

Another option is to buy flow - through shares issued by certain mining and oil exploration companies.

Set at the turn of the previous century in the early days of oil exploration, the film show..

In the 20th century, oil exploration transformed the city again.

The book also mentions Norway as a shining example regarding the tackling of climate change, but the world is more nuanced; Norway also pushed for more oil drilling in the Arctic, and is involved in tar sands in Canada, as well as oil exploration in Libya.

The council said he should not only apologise but rescind the decision, «If the terrain is not conducive for Nigerians from other parts of the country, then it should also be unsafe for continued oil exploration activities by multinationals and the Nigerian government.»

The Nigerian Army has described as regrettable its earlier press release on he incident of 25th July 2017 where some Boko Haram Terrorists ambushed our troops including members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) escorting some staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as that of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) on oil exploration in Borno Yesu District of Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno state

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An alliance of environmental and Alaska - based community groups are challenging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's approval of Shell's oil exploration plan for drilling this summer in the Chukchi Sea.

Q: So there have been requests for oil exploration at Summerville Bay?

This is bound to be challenged by every single environmental group with a stake here, but it's still really not encouraging: New York Times reports that the Department of Interior has granted Shell conditional approval to start drilling oil exploration wells in the Arctic Ocean starting next summer.

Tens of angry residents in the Keta Municipality have hit the streets in protest over oil exploration in the region.

That is the finding of a major study of how forest elephants deal with oil exploration in central Africa.

The auction was closely watched as a gauge of sentiment towards Brazilian oil exploration projects after a decade of Petrobras» reign in the country's continental shelf.

Here's an example: you have a choice between investing in a savings account (at a low interest rate), a «conservative» mutual stock fund (at a somewhat higher expected return rate, but with some risk), and a speculative North Sea oil exploration venture (very risky, but with a high return).

Obama has again flip - flopped his way back to saying he would support more oil exploration including offshore.

It will cover both environmental protection and economic development — including oil exploration and shipping made possible by retreating ice.

The governor said he also seized the opportunity of the meeting to brief Buhari on possible oil exploration in the Sokoto Basin.

This market - friendly attitude is certain to influence approaches towards oil exploration and drilling that are set to rock Kenya.

For as inhospitable and unreachable as these remote ecosystems might seem, they are under increasing threat from human activities — like from deep - sea fishing and oil exploration moving ever closer to the most hard to reach places in search of petrol.

Jeff, what is your take on recent oil exploration activity in the Caribbean... Repsol in Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica and also, Guyana?

The Moho Nord oil exploration and production project offshore Angola is a large - scale deepwater development.

Shell has abandoned oil exploration offshore Alaska for now but a variety of trends are driving the energy industry to take a fresh look at Arctic drilling.

Still, the priority of the new survey is not oil exploration but looking for proof Canada is connected to Lomonosov Ridge.

In the decade prior to the APF's creation, the initial $ 900 million windfall from oil exploration licences — equivalent to more than five times the entire Alaskan budget at the time — had flowed into and out of state coffers.

Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Friday disclosed that the company would commence oil exploration along Gongola Basin, in Bauchi state.

Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Friday disclosed that the company would commence oil exploration along Gongola Basin, in Bauchi...

The Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko has inaugurated a committee to supervise the open competitive bidding of Ghana's oil blocs to prospective oil exploration companies.

Several oil exploration workers, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and members of Civilian JTF have been feared killed and many missing in a renewed...