Sentence examples for accelerate drilling from inspiring English sources

EnCana, which is based in Calgary, said it planned to accelerate drilling there next year by adding three rigs to the seven now in service.

Democrats dismissed the Republican plan as a risky effort to accelerate drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and along the East Coast without the necessary safeguards in place.

Exxon, now the largest natural gas producer in the United States after its $30 billion stock deal to buy XTO Energy, plans to accelerate drilling in gas-rich shale fields in North America in the second half of this year.

"This transaction will provide the capital necessary to accelerate drilling of this large domestic oil and natural gas resource, resulting in a reduction of our country's oil imports over time, the creation of thousands of high-paying jobs in the US and in the payment of very significant local, state and federal taxes," he said.

On Thursday, the House passed the first of three bills that will require the Interior Department to accelerate drilling permits without proper environmental or engineering reviews, reinstate lease sales off the Virginia coast that were canceled after the BP blowout, and open up protected coastal waters — East, West and in Alaska — to drilling.

The crux of the matter is how accelerated drilling would affect gas prices, now and in the long term.

Cairn Energy profits jump Oil and gas exploration group Cairn Energy yesterday reported higher than expected first-half results and said it has accelerated drilling at a core site off the coast of India.

Last week, it passed two more irresponsible bills accelerating drilling permits and authorizing leasing in long-protected waters of the north and central Atlantic coasts, the Southern California coast and Alaska, including Bristol Bay.

Along with the laboratory tests, accelerated drilling tests and actual industrial applications (punching and gear-shaping) were also used to evaluate the performance of the coatings.

Untreated, plasma-nitrided, coating-only and duplex-coated High Speed Steel (HSS) M2 coupons were microstructurally and mechanically characterised whilst similarly treated M2 ¼-inch jobber drills were subjected to accelerated drill testing (using D2 tool steel).

The Tracinda investment now allows Delta Petroleum to accelerate development drilling activities at the Paradox basin, as well as in Colorado's Piceance basin.