Sentence examples for plans for drilling from inspiring English sources

Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell postponed plans for drilling off Alaska's Arctic coast, as the company continued to face hurdles from wary Washington regulators.

How will it react when Vice President Dick Cheney and a panel dominated by pro-exploration forces emerge from behind closed doors with new plans for drilling on federal lands?

US regulators gave only a hurried, "cursory" review of oil giant Shell's plans for drilling off the coast of Alaska before signing off on them, opponents argue in a new bid to stop the project.

"The companies just haven't gone through the hundred-and-one ways a blowout could occur, and in my opinion, they haven't sufficiently articulated their plans for drilling relief wells," he says.

BP has already had two environmental plans for drilling in the Great Australian Bight rejected after Nopsema found they did not meet regulatory requirements.

In 2004, just before the presidential election, Mr. Bush announced he was shelving plans for drilling in many of those sensitive areas.

Well, local authorities will seek clear guidance on planning applications for drilling to produce gas.

In September, the company shelved its plans for Arctic drilling off the coast of Alaska, conceding privately that opposition from environmentalists had played a part in its decision.

Meanwhile, there are no big plans for Arctic drilling in Canada or Greenland.

The State of Utah, which must approve any plan for drilling in the area, decided recently to extend a period for public comment on the proposal until Feb. 13.

House Drops a Plan For Drilling in Alaska House Republican leaders, in an effort to overcome party opposition to a budget-cutting bill, dropped a plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling.