The phrase "authorizing drilling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to permissions or approvals for drilling activities, often in environmental, legal, or industrial discussions.
Example: "The government is currently reviewing the proposal for authorizing drilling in the protected area."
Alternatives: "granting permission for drilling" or "approving drilling activities."
On Friday afternoon, the Treasury Department issued a one-sentence statement saying it would "not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions".
Fearful that a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats on the Energy Committee would approve a bill authorizing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Mr. Daschle took the bill away from the committee with the promise that he would write a more balanced measure and present it to the Senate in the coming months.
Passage of a law authorizing drilling in the oil-rich section of the wildlife refuge called the "1002 Area" has long been a political goal of not only Murkowski, the measure's sponsor and committee's chairwoman, but of her father Frank, a former senator from Alaska.
"In consultation with President Donald J. Trump, the Treasury Department will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions," Mnuchin said in a statement.
A future Congress could study that area's oil and gas potential and then, if it wished, authorize drilling.
President Bush has taken positive steps toward remedying this with his proposal to authorize drilling for more oil in Alaska and financing development of more alternative energy resources.
Interior officials say the violations were minor, involving only seismic tests on the plateau, and that they would not have authorized drilling without environmental reviews.
The tax legislation that authorized drilling in the iconic refuge imposed several constraints on the process, which has created some confusion.
There are a few places, Mr. Obama noted with a smile, where he has not authorized drilling: the National Mall; the middle of Chesapeake Bay; or underneath the houses of the people in his audience.
Oil industry representatives said they were convinced that Republicans in Congress, riding a wave of worries about energy shortages and spurred by an oil-friendly president, would be able to garner sufficient votes to authorize drilling in the reserve.
Democratic advisers said he was working to produce an energy bill before Congress adjourns later this month or early next but that it would almost certainly not authorize drilling in the Alaska refuge.
