offshore exploration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoffshoreandexploration
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offshore
adjective
adverb
uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/
away from or at a distance from ...
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exploration
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/
the activity of searching and finding out ...
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(Definition ofoffshoreandexplorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Large structures foroffshoreexplorationmust be able to withstand the forces due to powerful storm waves.
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That would, at a stroke, destroy the basis upon which all investment is currently being undertaken inoffshoreexplorationand development.
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I do not know how many women are involved inoffshoreexplorationand exploitation.
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First, one has to bear in mind the experience of overseas companies inoffshoreexplorationand development.
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I do not expect these factors to have a significant effect on the level ofoffshoreexploration.
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Currently licences foroffshoreexplorationand development contain model clauses on health and safety.
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We are talking generally aboutoffshoreexplorationand extraction of hydrocarbons and the best possible level of technical security.
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Ouroffshoreexplorationand drilling is second to none.
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Will they also coveroffshoreexplorationand research?
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In this the oil companies will be able to continue making an important contribution to ouroffshoreexplorationand development programme.
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In addition, the department has a responsibility for the natural environment in which offshore work is undertaken and for the safety of the methods used inoffshoreexplorationand production.
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Under the terms of exploration licences, alloffshoreexplorationmust be conducted in such a way as not to interfere unjustifiably with navigation or fishing in the survey area.
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In the context of fair competition in the offshore support vessel industry,offshoreexplorationand support is an international business, and surely we would not have it otherwise.
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Burmah has withdrawn completely from alloffshoreexploration.
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In hydrocarbon exploration, for example, site surveys are run over the proposed locations ofoffshoreexplorationor appraisal wells.
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Offshoreexplorationand drilling were first undertaken in the early 1970s, and it became more widespread and advanced as the decade progressed.
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About 90 countries around the world are currently engaged in offshore explorations.
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Last year, 132 offshore explorations and appraisals were started, besides 38 onshore appraisals.
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