1.   As the dispute continued, the government issued another decree, removing the requirement of an environmental license for seismic explorations.

2.   After Oxford, he went to work as a seaman in the Gulf of Mexico, in offshore seismic exploration.

3.   Instead of playing coal, McNally of ING Pilgrim has taken stakes in oil-field services, seismic exploration and plant construction.

4.   One innovation, called three-dimensional seismic exploration, is like an MRI scanner.

5.   Logging, seismic exploration and extensive natural gas development have exacted a heavy toll on the picturesque region, the group says.

6.   Roso said the company, which specializes in seismic exploration, had not received any communication from kidnappers.

7.   Seismic exploration is riskier.

8.   Seismic exploration drillings at the concessions have been conducted by Occidental Petroleum, they said.

9.   Shell has also contracted to carry out seismic exploration and test drillings in the north of the country.