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ConocoPhillips Delays 2014 Arctic Marine Drilling
ConocoPhillips Alaska says it will delay its 2014 plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast. In a press release, the company announced that it will put its Chukchi Sea drilling plans on hold "because of...
Tags: Sean Parnell, Don Young, Politics, Interior Policy, Petroleum Industry
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Appeals Panel Affirms Injunction in Shell Drilling Case
Channel 2 NewsA federal appeals court panel has affirmed a lower court decision that ordered environmental activists to stay away from Shell drilling ships. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason has ordered Greenpeace USA to stay a kilometer away from Shell drill...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kulluk Incident Sparks Concern from Interior Secretary, Greenpeace, Kodiak Residents
Channel 2 NewsIn the midst of Shell Oil’s controversial drill rig mishap and recovery, different groups have expressed concern for the future of offshore drilling, including the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. "It’s troubling that there was...Tags: Ken Salazar
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Shell Drillship Noble Discoverer Backfires in Dutch Harbor
Channel 2 NewsUnalaska firefighters responded to a stack backfire aboard the drillship Noble Discoverer Friday morning in Dutch Harbor, after it completed Shell Oil’s first season of exploratory Arctic offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea last month. According...Tags: Lucy Lawless, Petroleum Industry, Los Angeles Times
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Shell Makes History in Chukchi Sea -- Drilling Now Underway
This morning, (Sunday) Shell Oil has begun conducting an historic operation in the Chukchi Sea. For the first time in more than 2 decades, the company has started drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean -- 70 miles off the coast of Northwestern Alaska. It...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Politics, Oceans, Petroleum Industry, Interior Policy
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Shell Drill Rig Arrives In Chukchi Sea -- Historic Exploratory Drilling Could Begin This Week
Channel 2 NewsAfter 6 years of planning, and $4.5 billion in expenditures, the Shell Drilling Rig "Noble Discoverer" is tonight (Sunday) just 10 miles from its goal. After an 8-day-journey from Dutch Harbor, the vessel now sits in the Chukchi Sea -- and is preparing...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Bodies of Water, Oceans, U.S. Department of the Interior, Economy, Business and Finance
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Shell Gets Go Ahead for Drilling in Chukchi -- With Restrictions
The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas are believed to contain more recoverable oil than Alaska's Prudhoe Bay - and Prudhoe Bay, you'll recall, is the greatest oil find in North American history. So it was no small news today (Thursday) when -- for the first...
Tags: Mexico, Politics, Oceans, Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology
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Shell Oil Rigs -- The First to Explore the Arctic Ocean in Decades -- Delayed by Sea Ice
Channel 2 NewsOn Sunday, the Vice President of Shell Oil in Alaska told Governor Sean Parnell (R-Alaska) and Senator Lisa Murkowski(R-Alaska) that heavy sea ice in the Bering Straight will delay historic drilling operations -- scheduled for this summer. Those...Tags: Sean Parnell, Bodies of Water, BP Plc, Oceans, Petroleum Industry
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U.S. Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Noble Discoverer
Channel 2 NewsA U.S. Coast Guard helicopter medevaced a man complaining of an irregular heartbeat from the Shell drillship Noble Discoverer near Nome Wednesday morning. According to Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis, the 17th District...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Lucy Lawless
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Groups Call for Study of Arctic Ocean Corals
Dan JolingTwo environmental groups are urging Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to block petroleum drilling in the Chukchi Sea because of a recent discovery of cold water corals in a site proposed for development by Shell Oil. The letter sent Thursday by the...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Ken Salazar
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Shell: Divers Find No Signs of Grounding
Channel 2 NewsA spokesman for Shell Alaska said late Monday night that divers found no signs that one of its drilling ships grounded while being adrift Saturday evening. Curtis Smith said the underwater inspection done Monday showed "there was no contact with the...Tags: Bodies of Water, BP Plc, Oceans, Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Alaska Offshore Drilling: Shell Ships Leave Seattle, Greenpeace follows
Channel 2 NewsTwo vessels fitted with drilling rigs left Seattle Wednesday for Alaska. The Kulluk and Noble Discoverer and support ships are headed first to Dutch Harbor. Once open water allows, the rigs will move to the Beaufort and Chukchi seas for offshore...
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