Sentence examples for drilling expansion from inspiring English sources

"Drilling expansion could prove disastrous for this sensitive environment".

Mr. Secretary, you don't seem to understand that at all". Wyden pointed to the nearly 2 million acres stripped from Grand Staircase and Bears Ears, and the drilling expansion.

6 30 pm: David Vitter explains to his benefactors how he wasn't able to successfully strong-arm Congress into tying offshore drilling expansion to the interior secretary's pay raise [Bobby Van's Grill, 1201 New York Ave NW 809 15th Street NW].

BLM and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, for example, are now required to carefully scrutinize plans for drilling expansions in the Upper Green River Basin due to the industry's role in dangerous ground-level ozone spikes in recent years.

Mostly because of a frenzy of shale drilling and expansion of oil sands production, the United States and Canada are producing two million barrels of oil a day more than when the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa broke out two years ago.

Scott has frequently reversed his positions on top issues like offshore drilling and Medicaid expansion.

Federal officials are preparing to hand out drilling permits for expansion of oil extraction in Alaska and for its reintroduction into the Gulf.

McAuliffe is in favor of the federal healthcare law, offshore oil drilling and an expansion of preschool programs for poor children.

One of the first steps, he said, is to boost domestic oil and gas production -- in line with Republicans' "drill, baby, drill" refrain that's called recently for expansion of offshore drilling.

While we have successfully prevented expansion of drilling along our coast, the Plains Spill reminds us that drilling and transporting oil is an inherently dangerous, dirty business that poses serious risks to our economy and environment.

The agency in charge of promoting the expansion of drilling was also in charge of keeping it safe.