Sentence examples for bar drilling from inspiring English sources

The area does not, however, have federal protections that would bar drilling altogether.

Coal bed methane gas was a major component of President Bush's energy plan even before the Senate voted earlier this month to bar drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Environmentalists described the vote as an important loyalty test for supporters and waged an intense campaign to bar drilling in the refuge, which they said would be needlessly destroyed by trucks and equipment if exploration goes forward.

The announcement from Sally Jewell, the interior secretary, to bar drilling across the length of the mid-Atlantic seaboard reverses Obama's decision just a year ago to open up the east coast to oil and gas exploration, and consolidates his record for environmental protection.

Democrats, led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash)., were attempting to attach an amendment to the chamber's budget plan that would bar drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which covers more than 19 million acres in northeastern Alaska.

Because the density is so similar to that of gold (tungsten is only 0.36% less dense), tungsten can also be used in counterfeiting of gold bars, such as by plating a tungsten bar with gold, which has been observed since the 1980s, or taking an existing gold bar, drilling holes, and replacing the removed gold with tungsten rods.

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But recent Congressional moves barring drilling in gas-rich parts of the Gulf of Mexico and in national monuments have unnerved the industry, which had seen the offshore reserves, in particular, as vital to increasing production.

This follows announcements last week that barred drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska and a brokered settlement that cancelled 32,000 acres of mining leases on Montana land considered by the Blackfeet tribe as "like a church, a divine sanctuary".

The measure to bar offshore drilling in Florida passed 247 to 164, with 70 Republicans voting with the majority.

Now, after a long-running debate, the city is considering new rules that industry backers say would effectively bar any drilling within city limits, depriving Dallas and its mineral holders of revenue.