Sentences with phrase «water drilling operation»
When petroleum leaks from a ship or a deep - water drilling operation, «it tends to break up into tiny droplets that don't all end up on the surface of the ocean,» says Thomas Azwell, an environmental scientist at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, who was not involved in the work.
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As it happens, EnCana itself has invested in a specialized $ 10 - million plant near its Peace River, B.C., operations that treats «sour» water from a saline aquifer for use in its shale drilling.
Oil companies have advanced the technology for deep - water drilling elsewhere in the world, but those operations are unfit to contend with Arctic conditions.
So do I have to take any permission from any international body if I start any commercial operation in the International waters such as drilling for oil or basically I have to just start an exploratory mission and then just start whatever commercial operation I want.Who handles commercial disputes in International waters?
Howie Hawkins visited Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania on October 9 to see first hand the impacts of hydrofracking and to meet with residents whose water has been polluted as a result of drilling operations.
Also on hand were residents from Dimock, Pa., a community where drilling operations have been blamed for contaminating water wells and having other deleterious effects on the environment — claims that local drillers either deny or claim are overblown.
The California state Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill requiring oil companies to report how much water they use in their drilling operations and the water's source, a move that comes amid a severe statewide drought.
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires drilling companies to obtain permits when they intend to use diesel fuel in their fracking operations.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- The California state Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill requiring oil companies to report how much water they use in their drilling operations and the water's source, a move that comes amid a severe statewide drought.
They also carry out the drilling operations required to take sediment and water samples.»
The Inter-EHSCC Working Group concluded that a potential for water and air pollution exists that might endanger public health and that the social fabric of communities could be affected by the rapid emergence of drilling operations.
«This form of graphene is extremely resistant to biofilm formation, which has promise for places like water - treatment plants, oil - drilling operations, hospitals and ocean applications like underwater pipes that are sensitive to fouling,» says Tour.
During the ZITF, Zinwa will showcase its operations such water treatment, dam construction, borehole drilling and catchment management issues.
Boria reported his agency received more than 140 complaints related to water pollution or gas migration associated with a boom in nearby conventional drilling operations (prior to shale gas development).
In the following video, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer calls massive proposed drilling operations in the watershed that provides New York City with its drinking water is the «most alarming environmental news he has heard in a long time, and makes this the number one environmental crisis» they face in the city:
Jeff Gordon, the CEO of Texas Coastal Energy Co. said, «That can cripple a drilling company, as lack of water can basically suspend operations.»
Under the category «Regulatory and litigation risks» the 10 - K says specifically that «changes in environmental regulations or other laws that increase our cost of compliance or reduce or delay available business opportunities (including changes in laws related to offshore drilling operations, water use, or hydraulic fracturing)» are a risk to the company's health and wellbeing.
Key state regulations include: Review and approval of permits; well design, location and spacing; drilling operations; water management and disposal; air emissions; wildlife impacts; surface disturbance; worker health and safety; and inspection and enforcement of day - to - day oil and gas operations.
Both Democratic and Republican politicians are up in arms about the offshore drilling moratorium, attacking the president for suspending further operations in deep waters.
The contamination of groundwater is of major concern for those who live near drilling operations and rely on drinking water wells.
Louise Johnson of SkyHill Farm talked about the highly vulnerable aquifers in her region, Wenonah Hauter of Food & Water Watch said that sustainable farming is the future of Upstate New York, not extractive drilling, and Hilary Baum of Chefs for the Marcellus pointed out that farms could be stigmatized if fracking operations move in nearby.
These oil drilling and refining operations cause long - term pollution to the air, land and water, which can impact your quality of life and the value of your property.
Negotiating terms for the construction, leasing and operation of numerous deep water drilling units including two semi-submersible drilling units to be built in Korea and operated in Brazil, two semi-submersible units to be constructed in a European yard and two drilling vessels to be constructed in China and completed in Singapore.