Sentences with phrase «water drilling still»
Hot water drilling still posed challenges: A borehole filled with water would quickly refreeze, and the hole could still collapse shut under the sheer weight of the surrounding ice sheet.
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«In addition to the unit's water tanker, a borehole was subsequently drilled at the location and it is still serving both the military and adjoining communities.
Both, however, were part of his written talking points; they briefly mentioned that he still supports independent redistricting and is awaiting thorough review of the gas drilling technology, which uses water laced with chemicals and sand to break through rock formations and extract the gas.
The Gulf of Mexico may be open for business and eager to attract tourists, but it's still unclear whether or not marine and coastal ecosystems there are healthy two years after BP's offshore drilling rig exploded 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, eventually releasing 205.8 million gallons of oil into the water column.
To feed uncontaminated water to the hot - water drill, a 40 - foot shipping container held a water purification system with filters down to 0.2 microns and then a high - intensity ultraviolet lamp «that blasted any organisms that were still present,» Christner says.
Still, I know there are Americans who are concerned about oil companies drilling in environmentally sensitive waters.
The Gulf of Mexico is still under a drilling moratorium after the BP oil spill but plans to step up deep - water exploration on the other side of the world, in the South China Sea, remain largely unchanged.
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