Sentence examples for continuing drilling from inspiring English sources

A UBS investment analyst, William A. Featherston, and colleagues issued a report saying that the article, part of The Times's continuing "Drilling Down" series on shale gas, was "unduly harsh," failed to recognize the "enormous" growth of shale gas in recent years and offered no "credible source and context".

People are going to continue drilling for oil.

Other companies that have been allowed to continue drilling in the region include Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BHP Billiton.

BP is seeking permission to continue drilling at 10 deepwater production and development wells in the Gulf of Mexico and also hopes to resume new drilling in the spill region.

Since the drill bit must pass through any installed casing in order to continue drilling, the borehole below each string of casing is smaller than the borehole above.

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.

Year after year, Mitchell continued drilling in the Barnett; he sunk two hundred and fifty million dollars into his venture, hoping to formulate a better, cheaper recipe for fracking.

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.

Federal records indicate that these consultations ended with NOAA instructing the minerals agency that continued drilling in the gulf was harming endangered marine mammals and that the agency needed to get permits to be in compliance with federal law.

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.