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- adjective Located in or near deep
ocean waters
Etymologies
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Examples
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Shareholders are especially focusing their attention on governance, compliance, and the management systems needed to minimize risk in deepwater offshore oil and gas developments around the world.
Deep Water, Deep Trouble Angela Henshall 2010
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But officials with the MMS, recently renamed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, say surprise inspections were a low priority in deepwater energy operations.
Inspectors Rarely Surprised Oil Rigs Russell Gold 2010
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The six-month pause in deepwater drilling has provided the government time to enact new rules that increase safety requirements and better protect workers, our environment, and coastal communities.
Peter Lehner: Drilling Moratorium Should Stay Until Panels Issue Their Safety Recommendations Peter Lehner 2010
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At the same time, Interior is facing a legal challenge from the Center for Biological Diversity, which questions whether Salazar adequately evaluated the environmental risks involved in deepwater drilling when he lifted the moratorium last week.
Interior considers first deepwater drilling permits since BP spill Juliet Eilperin 2010
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The six-month pause in deepwater drilling has provided the government time to enact new rules that increase safety requirements and better protect workers, our environment, and coastal communities.
Peter Lehner: Drilling Moratorium Should Stay Until Panels Issue Their Safety Recommendations Peter Lehner 2010
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The move made way for the redevelopment of the Tank Farm on the downtown Auckland waterfront, and secured long term deepwater port access to Auckland, Golden Bay's largest market.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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In a letter to Bush this summer, he called the deepwater habitats a "national treasure on par with Yosemite Valley and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands."
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Another type of structure you’ll find on man-made lakes and reservoirs is what I call a deepwater structure.
Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go! Jimmy Houston with Steven D. Price 2001
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Another type of structure you’ll find on man-made lakes and reservoirs is what I call a deepwater structure.
Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go! Jimmy Houston with Steven D. Price 2001
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Another type of structure you’ll find on man-made lakes and reservoirs is what I call a deepwater structure.
Caught Me a Big ’Un . . . and then I let him go! Jimmy Houston with Steven D. Price 2001
vanishedone commented on the word deepwater
Citation on piglet squid. Really.
October 25, 2008