drilling
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dril·ling
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Definition of drilling
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In recent years, state lawmakers have blocked cities from banning trans fats, from running red-light cameras, from setting their own minimum wage, from collecting business taxes and from regulating oil and gas drilling. — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com, "Two developments this week seen as state government assault on Ohio cities," 29 Aug. 2019 According to a BTU Analytics report issued in March, 29% of all drilling activity in the basin over the last four years occurred within a 10-mile radius of I-25. — John Aguilar, The Denver Post, "No slumping in pumping despite strictures in Colorado’s new oil and gas law," 19 Aug. 2019 Since his election in November, Newsom has been pressured by environmental advocates to ban new oil and gas drilling in California and completely phase out fossil fuel extraction in the state. — Phil Willon, latimes.com, "Gov. Gavin Newsom fires top official over fracking permits — but won’t ban the oil wells," 12 July 2019 At the same time, Cassandra worked with Chugach Alaska, the regional Native corporation, to pursue oil and gas drilling on corporation land nearby. — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska announces plan to permit oil exploration near site of state’s first well," 8 Aug. 2019 It was pulled down by a 10.6 percent pace of decline in spending on structures, which includes oil and gas well drilling. — NBC News, "Economic growth slows less than expected in second quarter," 26 July 2019 The potential to store CO2 under the seafloor has been compromised in many places by leaks from earlier oil and gas drilling. — Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine, "Findings," 22 July 2019 In one day, millions of gallons of water can be produced as a byproduct of oil and gas drilling. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "Earthquakes near oil fields could persist long after drilling stops," 17 July 2019 The Interior Department just revised a series of Obama-era regulations governing offshore oil and gas drilling — and environmentalists are hopping mad. — Robert L. Bradley Jr., National Review, "Green Groups Fight Trump’s Oil-Drilling Deregulation," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'drilling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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