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Geotimes November 2007 Erin Wayman	No Arctic Drilling for Shell? A summer filled with legal setbacks is preventing Shell Oil Company from conducting exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea offshore of northern Alaska.
Outside February 2004 David Masiel	Crude Reality As the brutal battle over proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge grinds on, a former oil worker returns to the North Slope in search of the truth about the pro-exploration argument. His conclusion? (Brace yourself.) The unthinkable is the right thing to do.
Salon.com December 16, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski	Bush to California: Choke on this The White House has joined with the oil and auto industries to undermine the state's rigorous environmental regulations.
Geotimes October 2004 Dere, Martin & Wallace	Energy Issues Take Center Stage in Senate Races Earth science issues, such as the future of Yucca Mountain or petroleum drilling in Alaska, may not take center stage in the minds of many voters, but they do figure into some prominent U.S. Senate races this year.
Wired August 21, 2007 Amanda Griscom Little	Pumped Up: Chevron Drills Down 30,000 Feet to Tap Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico A recent discovery by Chevron has signaled that soon there may be vastly more oil gushing out of the ultradeep seabeds -- more than even the optimists were predicting four years ago. But there are still big questions to be answered before Jack starts filling gas tanks.
Geotimes December 2006	Top Energy News Stories of 2006 Offshore drilling debate unresolved... Tensions in Latin America energy sector... etc.
Wired February 2007 John Geoghegan	Inherit the Wind The Gulf Coast is littered with the carcasses of unused oil equipment. Now those structures are being re-purposed to build the first offshore wind farm in the United States.
BusinessWeek May 6, 2010 Coy & Reed	Lessons of the Spill Poised for dramatic expansion, high-tech offshore drilling was considered ultra-safe. Then came BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster. What the company - and the industry - must do to bounce back.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 David Lee Smith	Shell's Looking Strong Shell might be on the verge of initiating new activity in three separate and promising oil and gas venues.
Geotimes March 2004 Sara Pratt	A Fresh Angle on Oil Drilling Now, horizontal drilling seems more relevant than ever. With the ongoing debate about opening up more of Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration, the discussion often turns to new technologies that may have the potential to make oil extraction more efficient, more cost effective and more environmentally sound.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Matt Koppenheffer	Drill Deeper Than Big Oil The Gulf find could jack up profits for oil rig equipment manufacturers. Investors, take note.
Outside October 2008 Elizabeth Hightower	The Price Is Wrong If you thought the drilling frenzy out west was temporary, think again. But there's a right way to do it, and it's up to the next president to lead the charge.
BusinessWeek September 18, 2006 Mark Morrison	Plenty Of Oil--Just Drill Deeper The discovery of reserves in the Gulf of Mexico means supply isn't topping out.
BusinessWeek December 5, 2005 Assif Shameen	SembMarine: Cleaning Up After Katrina Singapore oil rig builder SembMarine has a pile of post-hurricane contracts.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Small Cap Drills Differently Gas producer Petroleum Development has a different operating structure, but it seems to be working. Investors must do their own due diligence, of course.
Outside June 2002 Weston Kosova	What's Gale Norton Trying to Hide? George W. Bush's Secretary of the Interior keeps a low profile, keeps her mouth shut, and never picks a fight. As the steward of 507 million public acres, she has deftly combined an aggressive, pro-extraction agenda and Bush's wartime clout to steamroll environmentalists...
Popular Mechanics April 2008 Carl Hoffman	Onboard High-Tech Oil Rig, U.S. Answers to Rising Prices Ever-increasing fossil fuel demand has companies going farther and digging deeper for oil than ever before. Here is a look at America's most promising patch.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Travis Hoium	Why "Drill Baby, Drill!" Is a Stupid Motto Increased drilling in the U.S. would have a minimal impact on oil and gasoline prices.
Geotimes December 2004 Rasoul Sorkhabi	Deepwater: Petroleum's Third Wave A new wave of discovery is in full swing, with petroleum exploration reaching offshore environments deeper than ever before.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 David Lee Smith	Gulf Spill Will Unleash a Regulatory Tumult With a bevy of new offshore regulations likely in the offing, it may be eons before new areas offshore of the East and West coasts are opened to drilling.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2011 Travis Hoium	Environmentalists vs. Oil Explorers Environmentalists sue the Obama administration over deepwater drilling plans, and the battle lines are drawn.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	GlobalSantaFe Keeps Drilling Skeptics Despite repeated cries of "it's over now," energy prices are firm, drilling projects are increasing, and the demand is strong. Second-quarter results were quite solid as drilling activity (especially offshore drilling activity) continued to increase.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Baker Hughes Not Half-Baked Strong energy prices mean strong drilling activity. Strong drilling activity means growth for the No. 3 player in oil and gas services. Investors, take note.
Geotimes August 2003 Greg Peterson	Greenspan calls for gas imports Over the past year, the demand for natural gas in the United States has outstripped supply. On June 10, Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, called for an increase in natural gas imports.
Geotimes May 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	The drilling footprint on the North Slope Deciding whether or not to develop new areas, such as ANWR, will always be a trade-off. Good engineering design is usually good environmentally. Still, no matter how careful you are, if you go into an untouched area, there's nothing you can do to prevent impact other than to stay out completely.
BusinessWeek June 10, 2010 Peter Millard	Oil-Rich Deep Waters Off Brazil Still Beckon Despite the Gulf spill, Petrobras continues to drill offshore.
Geotimes December 2004 Naomi Lubick	Global Oil Hot Spots As consumers continue to face higher gas prices at the pump, petroleum geologists continue to search the world for oil and natural gas.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 David Lee Smith	With New Rules, It Is Time to End the Moratorium With the spill long since halted and sensible new rules announced, it's time for logic regarding offshore drilling.
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Kim Chipman et al.	Obama and the Dreaded Katrina Comparison The President is set to tighten oil drilling rules and head to the Gulf of Mexico.
Geotimes October 2004	The Geoscience Vote Slippery Slope for Drilling in Alaska... Managing Federal Lands... The Evolving Debate Over Teaching Evolution... Funding and the Fate of NASA... Climate Tipping Point... etc.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	Oil Becoming a Much Deeper Subject More and more deepwater oil discoveries should help benefit Transocean and Diamond Offshore.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	Can You Dig It, Exxon? ExxonMobil is the operator on the world's longest measured depth extended-reach well. But what does it mean for investors?
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick	Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick	Tapping Methane Hydrates in the Gulf The research program in the Gulf of Mexico, officially known as the Chevron Texaco-Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Industry Project, will assess the threats of drilling through unstable methane hydrate and other gas deposits, from collapsed boreholes to the potential to destabilize offshore slopes.
The Motley Fool April 1, 2011 David Lee Smith	Another Unworkable Presidential Energy Policy We can't quickly color our imported crude replacement policy green.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Anderson et. al	The Bright Side Of $40 A Barrel Just when you think commodity prices can't go higher, the market proves otherwise. The stubbornly high prices are finally encouraging companies to explore, develop, and produce more oil and natural gas.
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Palmeri & Coy	Is There Plenty Of Oil? Thanks to a combination of higher prices, increased exploration and production spending, and improved technology, oil supplies are poised to grow much faster than they have in recent years.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Coy et al.	Why Isn't Big Oil Drilling More? One would expect oil companies to be pumping more oil from existing wells, drilling new wells in current fields, and boosting exploration budgets, yet despite the recent runup in prices, the oil industry is slow to pick up the pace.
Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick	Getting to the Source of the Puget Sound Oil Spill Workers mobilized by the Washington Department of Ecology cleaned up beaches in the Dalco Passage of Puget Sound, after an oil spill on Oct. 14. The source of the spill remains unknown.
BusinessWeek June 26, 2008 Adam Aston	The War Over Offshore Wind Is Almost Over It's no longer if, but when, where, and how many wind farms will go up along the U.S. coast.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Travis Hoium	Hold the Applause for End of Drilling Ban Ending the moratorium lifts drilling shares, but there are new rules to follow.
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Popular Mechanics April 2008 Brad Reagan	America @ $100/Barrel: How Long Will the Oil Last? Major discoveries of oil within our own borders could help reduce foreign imports.