If companies won't invest because of public consternation about exploiting oil in the Arctic, Russia will have to think hard.

In 1989, Iraq accused Kuwait of using "advanced drilling techniques" to exploit oil from its share of the Rumaila field.

The 2010 merger of Maersk Training Centre and Svitzer Safety Services broadened a portfolio of courses to exploit the maritime, oil & gas, terminals and wind power industries.

Soon after entrepreneurs in the 1850s began exploiting crude oil as a source of energy, the nascent oil industry found itself in a dilemma.

Oil provides 40% of Norway's export earnings, and the government gives Statoil, the state-owned oil company, half the contracts for exploiting Norwegian oil.

Dutch territorial ambitions in Aceh were fuelled by a desire to exploit its natural resources, especially black pepper and oil, and to eliminate an independent native state player.

An alliance including national governments, regional councils and film stars has agreed to pay Ecuador not to exploit oil in its rainforest.

This clears the road for U.S. oil companies to exploit Libyan oil and is expected to have a positive impact on the Libyan economy.

Prince Saud was quoted in Le Monde as saying, "If they want to strengthen themselves against the Israeli aggression, they have no alternative but to continue exploiting oil and gas."

This effort was part of a plan of the central government to rapidly exploit oil and pasturage in the Xining area beginning in the 1950s.