continental shelf

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Equinor has an ambition to maintain approximately the same production level in 2035 as in 2020, corresponding to around 1.2 million barrels of oil and gas a day from the Norwegian continental shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

"He says that he will call it the Gulf of America on its continental shelf," Sheinbaum said last week.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

Not as many leatherbacks frequented this area, but the ones that were tracked displayed feeding-like behavior especially along the continental shelf ridge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

Newly charted extensions to the U.S. continental shelf hold resources and scientific riches.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024

At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel