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    Use "drilling" in a sentence

    drilling example sentences

    drilling


    1. of the waxing moon are learning, drilling,


    2. He pauses once more, his eyes virtually drilling holes in the deck he is gazing at it so emphatically


    3. The news that night was not good and there would be a complete fire ban on the Sunday and that meant no outside drilling are welding or BBQ's and absolutely no open fires at all


    4. “How 'bout I drill the middle of the surface?” suggested Ky, “It’s safer than drilling near an edge


    5. At this point his vision became so distorted he couldn't make out what was happening to him, but the sound of drilling was unmistakable – and the stark realisation that he was in the presence of a sentient lifeform


    6. the cafeteria reverberated around and across the room, bouncing off the walls and slowly drilling its


    7. He needs to stop tinkering and allow some drilling, preferably in ANWR and the American gulf coast


    8. Leading them all was our RSM looking splendid with his medals and short drilling stick


    9. We fatherly assailed the Police Band after the funeral for they made the severe mistake of questioning our drilling capabilities which we saw as a mortal insult


    10. Our skills in driving fast and kicking the (you know what) out of criminals and terrorists grew at a rapid pace but the drilling suffered at the same rate

    11. when I’m drilling holes through the wall


    12. It’s my favorite camping tool, and you can make it yourself by gluing some parts of aluminum cans together and drilling some holes


    13. Popping shots, drilling the table clean


    14. A good part of their time over the next two weeks was spent drilling the two little girls and their mother in a series of English phrases and reminding the children that they must avoid speaking Polish whenever strangers, especially policemen or soldiers, were present


    15. ‘Why are they doing that?’ asked Russell, as the insects started drilling in yet another position


    16. Ft worth were not contaminated by nearby gas drilling , as the EPA has maintained and has instructed


    17. leases affected by the Department of Interior"s drilling moratorium for an additional twelve months


    18. Serendipitously it would seem, additional information came to his attention from other oil-well drilling test cores in the Gulf of Mexico further narrowing a beginning investigation


    19. The fear is that the environmentalists will use this as another reason to stop drilling for oil in Alaska


    20. refineries and drilling for oil but the Department of Energy has the responsibility of developing plans

    21. plants and oil refineries and curtailed oil drilling this department is partially responsible


    22. When the gulf oil spill occurred the Interior Department was involved in stopping the drilling so it is also involved


    23. And when you consider the lack of action in constructing power plants and oil drilling, it seems logical


    24. A bill was passed by the Republican Congress in 1995 to permit drilling for oil and gas but President


    25. Presidential executive orders issued by the President George Bush (41) exist to stop offshore drilling on


    26. However, that bill permitted drilling 100 miles off the coast or between 50 and 100 miles if


    27. Thus, drilling within 50 miles of the coast was prohibited and that is where the oil companies have explored


    28. A Bush plan for drilling was to begin in 2010 but Ken Salazar stopped that


    29. That effectively stops any drilling for another several years


    30. The Department of the Interior has placed a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf

    31. Drilling, mining, logging and such activates


    32. research drilling information and production


    33. production, producing well operations, drilling


    34. contaminated by nearby gas drilling , as the EPA has maintained and has instructed Range Resources to continue to operate the wells as they continue to fight the EPA in federal court to overturn their ruling


    35. The Environmental Protection Agency is the main problem in our not having nuclear power plants, oil refineries and drilling for oil but the Department of Energy has the responsibility of developing plans and objectives for energy production in our country


    36. Since we have stopped building nuclear power plants and oil refineries and curtailed oil drilling this department is partially responsible


    37. If so, and when you consider the lack of action in constructing power plants and oil drilling, it seems logical than the Department of Energy is not doing anything that helps us


    38. We should open up the barren wasteland of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and our own offshore waters to oil and natural gas drilling


    39. Presidential executive orders issued by the President George Bush (41) existed to stop offshore drilling on our Outer Continental Shelf until 2012


    40. A bill was passed by the Republican Congress in 1995 to permit drilling for oil and gas but President Clinton vetoed it

    41. We can not get a bill through the Senate that permits drilling for oil in Alaska


    42. In 2008 the Democratic Congress passed a bill permitting drilling for oil and claimed they had solved the problem


    43. However, that bill permitted drilling 100 miles off the coast or between 50 and 100 miles if adjacent states permitted


    44. President Obama revealed a plan to open more acreage to exploratory oil and gas drilling but the plan creates reduces more acreage than it adds


    45. Then there would have to be seismic surveys and federal air permits obtained before drilling could start


    46. Trent Franks (AZ-R), said, ― the ironic reality is that the administration‘s new policy actually closes more offshore drilling sites than it opens


    47. To add to the problem the moratorium issued due to the Gulf oil spill has also stopped drilling in Alaska


    48. Royal Dutch Shell was awaiting Interior Department approval to start drilling five offshore wells this year but the moratorium will move that into 2011 because of the winter weather


    49. The only real decisive measure taken by Obama was to issue a moratorium that stopped all drilling – everywhere - claiming that the action was taken after having reviewed a study from seven experts on oil drilling


    50. "The decision to impose a temporary moratorium on deep-water drilling was made by the secretary, following consultation with colleagues including the White House







































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    Synonyms for "drilling"

    boring drilling oil production discipline drill practice schooling exercise

    "drilling" definitions

    the act of drilling


    the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum