Sentence examples for cease drilling from inspiring English sources

Under terms of its drilling permit, Shell must cease drilling in the Chukchi Sea by Sept. 24 to allow time to drill a relief well if needed before ice sets in for the winter.

All the same, to avoid the risk of a late-season blowout, the DOI's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) required that Shell cease drilling into known hydrocarbon zones in the Chukchi Sea by September 24, just over a month before ice is expected to begin covering the proposed sites.

Tucker wants the agency to cease issuing drilling permits altogether.

Though Chevron no longer operates in the area (having ceased Ecuadorian drilling operations in 1990), the pollution still remains.

Cuadrilla has already sunk more than £100m into drilling for shale gas in the UK, most of it in Lancashire's Bowland shale, with not a penny yet to show in gas production, and with many setbacks – it has been forced to cease drilling in Lancashire after two small earth tremors at one site and fears for wildlife at another.

The company would cease offshore oil drilling operations in Alaska's Chukchi Sea.

Lawrence argued that while the new regulations are better than what has come before, President Obama should use his authority to cease any future drilling in the Arctic.

"You and your fellow Committee members may wish to require BP to explain what action was ultimately instituted to cease the practice of falsifying BOP tests at BP Prudhoe drilling rigs.

Common provisions in the leases require gas companies to restore the land to its original state after drilling ceases and to assume all liability for any water contamination.

A spokeswoman for U.S. military forces in Korea, meanwhile, said it had not received any direction to cease joint military drills.

Though local and state politicians are railing against BP and what they consider lax industry regulation and enforcement, it is nearly impossible to find any of them calling for offshore drilling to cease, or even slow down.