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  • The Houston-based company was going to slant-drill up to 30 new shafts into state waters from an existing platform that is sitting in federal waters.

    Schwarzenegger Ends Support For California Oil Drilling 2010

  • You know that they slant-drill into territory that is rightfully ours, and also that they borrowed our power sander, the good one, the DeWalt, in 1986 and when they finally returned it -- yes, that's right, Qusay, the handle was chipped.

    Bill Barol: Around the Husseins' Dinner Table, 1990 2008

  • California city are voting on a proposal to slant-drill from a coastal bluff to reach oil under the Santa Barbara Channel.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Southern California city votes on proposal to slant-drill from shore to reach offshore oil

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Voters in a California city have rejected a measure that would have allowed an oil company to slant-drill from a coastal bluff to reach oil off the coast of Santa Barbara

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Voters in a California city have rejected a measure that would have allowed an oil company to slant-drill from a coastal bluff to reach oil off the coast of Santa Barbara County.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The company was going to slant-drill up to 30 new shafts into state waters from an existing platform that is sitting in federal waters.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

  • Voters resoundingly reject proposal to slant-drill from California shore to reach offshore oil

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • The initiative sought to allow Denver-based Venoco Inc. to slant-drill from an onshore rig to an existing reservoir two miles offshore.

    San Diego News 2010

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