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Kodiak Residents React to Grounding of Kulluk Drilling Rig
Channel 2 NewsRough weather on Sitkalidak Island, where the Shell Oil-contracted drilling rig Kulluk ran aground Monday night during an intense winter storm, hasn’t kept the U.S. Coast Guard from surveying the rig for damage Wednesday. The incident’s...Tags: Noble Drilling Corporation, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Petroleum Industry, Water Pollution
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Coast Guard Evacuates Shell Kulluk, 18 Crew Members Safe
Channel 2 NewsUpdate: 18 crew members on the Kulluk, a Shell drill unit, were reported to be safe after the Coast Guard evacuated the vessel Saturday afternoon, according to the Unified Command responding to the scene south of Kodiak. All four of the Aiviq’s... -
Shell Ends 2012 Arctic Ocean Drilling Off Alaska
DAN JOLINGRoyal Dutch Shell PLC has concluded drilling for the season in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest and north coast. Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith says the company completed one top hole in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. ...Tags: Bodies of Water, Petroleum Industry, Oceans
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Shell Oil Begins Exploratory Drilling in Beaufort Sea
Channel 2 NewsShell Oil began exploratory drilling Wednesday afternoon in the Beaufort Sea and now has two rigs simultaneously offshore Alaska. The oil company had to wait for the Alaska Native whale hunt season to end in Kaktovik. The rig “Kulluck” began...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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Shell gets OK to Prepare 2nd Drill Site Off Alaska
Channel 2 NewsFederal officials have given Royal Dutch Shell PLC approval for limited site work in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north coast. The decision Thursday was widely expected. A Shell drill ship, the Kulluk, is positioned in the Beaufort waiting for the...Tags: Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry
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Shell Scales Back Alaska Drilling Plans in 2012
Channel 2 NewsRoyal Dutch Shell PLC says that after several setbacks, it no longer plans to try to drill deep enough to reach oil in exploratory wells off the coast of Alaska this year. The company was granted two exploratory drilling permits by the U.S....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Ice Still Delaying Shell Arctic Offshore Drilling
The Associated PressA Royal Dutch Shell petroleum drill ship in the Chukchi Sea has moved 30 miles south of a company prospect to wait for a huge ice floe to move through. The Noble Discoverer began preliminary work Sunday on an exploratory well -- the first drilling in the...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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Shell Halts Chukchi Sea Drilling
The Associated PressRoyal Dutch Shell has halted drilling in the Chukchi Sea one day after it began because of sea ice moving toward the company's drill ship off Alaska. Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith tells The Associated Press that drilling was stopped as a...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Arctic Offshore Drilling: Groups Appeal Lease Sale Decision
Dan JolingEnvironmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge's decision that OK'd the sale of petroleum leases in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest shore. The groups hope to stop a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell from moving...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry
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Arctic Drilling Air Permit Appeal Rejected By EPA Board
The Associated PressAn Arctic drilling air permit for Royal Dutch Shell has been upheld by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Appeals Board, clearing another roadblock in Shell’s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters. The appeals board rejected...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Shell Estimates North Sea Oil Spill at 1,300 Barrels
Royal Dutch Shell estimates 1,300 barrels of oil have spilled into the North Sea off Scotland's coast.
Glen Cayley, technical director of Shell's European exploration and production activities, said Monday the amount is a "significant spill" in the...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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Gov. Sean Parnell Making First State-Sponsored Overseas Trip
The Associated PressGov. Sean Parnell is making his first state-sponsored trip overseas, meeting with the heads of major energy companies as he seeks to drum up more investment in Alaska. Parnell told The Associated Press he plans to visit leaders of BP PLC, Royal Dutch...Tags: Business Enterprises, Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Personal Service, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
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