Sentence examples for drilling area from inspiring English sources

Administration officials said that the reduced drilling area preserved the most promising section of the original site.

The industry especially coveted the "stovepipe" section of the Clinton administration's proposed drilling area that came closest to Florida's Panhandle.

Because the proposed drilling area lies in federal waters, the nearby states would not be eligible for royalty payments.

In parts of the Barnett Shale drilling area, in North Texas, scientists have linked disposal wells to earthquakes.

But the drilling area that was opened under Mr. Bush is 100 miles off the coast, much farther than it would have been under a Clinton administration proposal.

One morning, a roar was heard in the drilling area, and a great gusher burst from the ground, carrying rocks fifty feet above the derrick.

As it evolved, the moratorium now includes drilling areas that were not considered risky, in shallower waters, and bans exploratory drilling.

In the deepest drilling areas, steep downward funnels have formed in the water table that are known as "cones of depression".

Not only are many American gas fields declining, but many undeveloped drilling areas, including large swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, the Rockies and the Great Lakes, are off limits to production.

The region is now harder for foreign journalists and scientists to enter than it was when Killackey started filming; drilling areas are entirely closed off by private security, the footage is now an important historical record.

Other air problems in the West, like ground-level ozone in natural-gas drilling areas that has plagued some places in Wyoming and pollution from coal-fired power plants, complicate the air story as well.