deep water
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Together, the SLB portfolio of products allows oil and gas producers to target technically complex ultra deep water and offshore reserves as efficiently as possible.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“No one had ever filmed a tiger killing in deep water before,” Thapar recounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"There's still major flooding all over the place, do not drive through deep water," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Our report found that by the time of the Deepwater Horizon calamity, federal regulators had been routinely rubber-stamping new ventures into deep water.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
They say they have found a point of land with deep water all around and named it Point Comfort.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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