Sentence examples for for exploratory drilling from inspiring English sources

Cuadrilla has Environment Agency permits for exploratory drilling.

Just last July, the Interior Department finalized stricter rules for exploratory drilling there.

The company is in possession of the permits from the Environment Agency needed for exploratory drilling.

The Nottinghamshire proposal would mark the first shale gas well to be given the green light for exploratory drilling in the UK.

A federal appeals court ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must further postpone plans for exploratory drilling off the northern coast of Alaska.

However, on 17 August, with winter fast approaching, the administration gave Shell a permit for exploratory drilling just off the north coast of Alaska.

Up to 60 days of exploratory drilling for oil is to begin at a site situated on the Surrey/Sussex border next month.

According to Romania's Mineral Resources Agency, for example, exploratory drilling in the Dobroudja region, on the Black Sea Coast, could bring more than $80 million in investment over four years.

Oil bosses saw the opportunity of mergers that would enable them both to cut costs through removing jobs and offices and increase their oil reserves without the need for costly exploratory drilling.

Under the current planning regime the county would have to give permission for any exploratory drilling, and it would certainly have to sanction any store.

On that note, it's worth pointing out that Cuadrilla is neither fracking nor looking for gas in Balcombe, but undertaking exploratory drilling for oil.