Heavy sea ice could mean slight delay in offshore Arctic drilling - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 10:09 pm
SEATTLE -- The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade is clinging to the northern coast of Alaska and could postpone the commencement of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic until the beginning of August — a delay of up to two weeks, Shell ...

Questions Linger Over SUNY Buffalo’s Environmental Impact Report - NPR News
25 May 2012, 5:01 pm
Last week the Shale Resources and Soci­ety Insti­tute at SUNY Buf­falo released a report on the  envi­ron­men­tal impacts of nat­ural gas drilling in Penn­syl­va­nia. The researchers used vio­la­tion data from the Depart­ment of En ...

UPDATE 1-US natgas drilling rig count falls; oil at record high - Reuters
25 May 2012, 12:37 pm
NEW YORK May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. natural gas drilling rig count resumed its sharp decline this week as energy companies continued to slow activity in the face of low gas prices, data from oil services firm Baker Hughes showed on Friday.

New and Frozen Frontier Awaits Offshore Oil drilling - New York Times
24 May 2012, 11:48 am
WASHINGTON — Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2010, the leaders of the commission President Obama had appointed to investigate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sat down in the Oval Office to brief him. After listening to ...

TEXT-Fitch affirms Russia's Eurasia drilling Company at 'BB'; outlook stable - Reuters UK
24 May 2012, 7:01 am
EDC's ratings reflect its position as the largest drilling company in Russia with a market share of about 27% at end-2011 (by metres drilled), its strong operational profile, a more modern rig fleet compared to that of its Russian peers and long ...

Rugby Mining Limited: drilling and Exploration Update - msnbc.com
24 May 2012, 5:28 am
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Rugby Mining Limited ("Rugby" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RUG) wishes to update the market on recent exploration activities at its Philippine, Colombian and Argentine projects. Rugby is cognisant of market ...

Golden Tag Commences 5,000 Metre drilling Program on San Diego Property, Mexico - Yahoo Finance
22 May 2012, 8:22 am
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire -05/22/12)- Golden Tag Resources Ltd. (GOG.V) is pleased to announce that a 5,000 metre diamond drilling program has commenced on the San Diego Property, Velardena Mining District, Durango State, Mexico. The program ...

What we saw tonight: exactly what Eric Wedge has spent past 16 months drilling into Mariners hitters - Seattle Times
22 May 2012, 3:58 am
Join me for my Talkin' Baseball segment on Tuesday about 8:30 a.m. PT with host Mitch Levy on Sports Radio 950 KJR. We've had plenty of discussions about this "attack mode" approach Eric Wedge has spent the past 16 months trying to get his ...

California agency says oil worker's death came after injection drilling started - Sacramento Bee
22 May 2012, 1:49 am
The Kern County sinkhole in which a Chevron oil worker died last June was in an area with spills and seeps dating back to the mid-1990s – about a year after oil producers started using a controversial kind of injection drilling there, state ...

Environmentalists criticize Ohio drilling rules - YAHOO!
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State lawmakers heard more than six hours of testimony Monday from environmentalists and others with concerns about a bill laying out Ohio's new regulations for horizontal shale drilling. The House Public Utilities ...