drilling

Brazil's state oil firm has received a licence to conduct exploratory oil drilling in the sea off the Amazon, despite environmental concerns about the project.

The drilling of Block 59 -- which is 160 kilometres from the coastline -- has been a passion project for Lula, who insists oil revenues will help fund Brazil's climate transition.

Some of Taft's 7,000 residents are anticipating a comeback for the petroleum industry in California, which has pledged to abandon oil drilling by 2045 to meet its climate goals.

In 2021, workers started drilling underground through two major railway systems—the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road—and installing caissons 100 feet into the bedrock.

Lancashire's Reform UK-led administration insists it is being 'pragmatic' in case the situation changes around fracking and have previously ruled out a return to drilling.