Sentence examples for continue drilling from inspiring English sources

People are going to continue drilling for oil.

But the federal government intervened and ordered BP to continue drilling the well as a backup in case anything went wrong with the first relief well.

So, for example, if the driller hits water at 60 feet, he has to continue drilling to at least 100 feet.

Shale oil firms in the US have also cut back output to counteract the low prices that have made it uneconomic to continue drilling.

Cleaning the wellbore from drilled material is important to continue drilling efficiently and to prevent high torque and drag, as well as reducing down time due to reaming operations.

Also on Thursday, the widow of one of the 11 rig workers killed in the explosion testified that her husband had felt pressure to continue drilling for oil despite frequent equipment malfunctions and setbacks.

In testimony to government investigators, rig workers repeatedly described a "natural conflict" between BP, which can make more money by completing drilling jobs quickly, and Transocean, which receives a leasing fee from BP every day that it continues drilling.

A BP official, Ronald Sepulvado, a well-site leader, testified that BP continued drilling for oil in the days before the disaster despite internal reports of a leak on a safety device on the rig.

Workers continued drilling holes into the mine to help air out the methane and carbon monoxide gases that have accumulated, and a morning effort to contact the miners by beating on pipes met with no response.

ATYRAU, Kazakhstan — Even as the petroleum industry continues drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at considerable expense and risk, a single field here in Central Asia stands ready to produce two-thirds as much oil each day as the entire gulf does, with less danger to the environment.

Earlier in the day at an investigative hearing in Kenner, La., a BP official testified that in the final days before the disaster, the company continued drilling for oil despite internal reports of a leak on a critical safety device on the rig.