Sentence examples for call for drilling from inspiring English sources

One thing the bill does not do: call for drilling in parts of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Mr. Bush renewed his call for drilling in the refuge today, saying it could be done without damaging the environment.

They hoped to revive Mr. Bush's stalled national energy plan, including his call for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

We should reject the administration's call for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, now touted as part of the fight against terror.

He noted that "as green and full of efficiency and new technology as the president's speech was, the plan does call for drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge".

As soon as President Bush took office, he renewed the call for drilling in ANWR, and only the Senate Democrats have prevented the leases from being put out for bid, by rejecting the proposal first in committee, then as an amendment on the floor, and finally, just a few weeks ago, when it surfaced again, in a conference committee.

Meanwhile, thousands of acres of land in the region would be bought by the government to act as reservoirs for the increased water flow.The plan also calls for drilling hundreds of wells 1,000 feet deep to store excess rainwater for the dry months of the year.

Rotary drilling systems equipped with drag bits or fixed cutter bits (also called PDC), used for drilling deep boreholes for the production and the exploration of oil and natural gas, often suffer from severe vibrations.

He said no dredging would be involved because the plan calls for drilling on land and then horizontally under the river.

In the past few months, moderates have worked to defeat measures that called for drilling off Florida's Gulf Coast and in the Great Lakes.

When President Barack Obama announced his offshore expansion plan last month, he called for drilling "in ways that protect communities and protect coastlines".