Tag: Arctic Offshore Drilling
Shell drilling vessels leave Arctic waters after company ends oil exploration off Alaska
Shell spent $7B on Arctic offshore exploration ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Vessels used by Royal Dutch Shell PLC to drill for oil off Alaska have safely departed Arctic waters. The company announced Sept. 28 it would cease further exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas after spending upward of $7 billion on Arctic offshore exploration. Disappointing results from […]
Shell Arctic offshore drilling abandoned after disappointing results
Shell Arctic offshore drilling program in Chukchi, Beaufort seas cost company over $7 billion ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Royal Dutch Shell Arctic offshore drilling has been called off following disappointing results from an exploratory well backed by billions in investment and years of work. The announcement was a huge blow to Shell, which was counting on offshore drilling […]
Gulf of Mexico energy production should be undisturbed by hurricane season
Gulf of Mexico share of American oil and gas production declined significantly Offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has been relatively undisturbed by tropical storms and hurricanes in recent years, and the 2015 season should be more of the same, according to the US Energy Information Administration. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
Feds OK Arctic Ocean offshore drilling: First time in 20 plus years
Shell granted final permit for Arctic Ocean offshore drilling ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The federal government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell the final permit it needs to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast for the first time in more than two decades. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced that it […]
Shell Arctic drilling decision required careful evaluation of risks: CEO
Shell Arctic drilling carries ‘increased risk profile’ LONDON – The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell says he decided to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska after a careful evaluation of the risks. In an interview with the BBC broadcast Wednesday, Ben van Beurden says that although drilling in the Arctic carries an “increased risk profile” because of […]
Shell protestors attached to Arctic drilling ship removed by Coast Guard
Shell protestors removed from ship docked in Bellingham port Two activists spent about six hours Friday suspended from the anchor chain of a Royal Dutch Shell support ship docked north of Seattle to protest the petroleum giant’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean. The protesters sitting in cloth slings attached themselves around 3:30 […]
Activists protest Shell Arctic oil drilling ship in BC waters
Shell Arctic oil drilling ship moving through Inside Passage A group of environmentalists and First Nations opposed to Shell Arctic oil exploration are protesting the company’s movements through BC’s Inside Passage. International environmental organization Greenpeace says Royal Dutch Shell is transporting its oil-spill-containment vessel, the Arctic Challenger, up B.C.’s coastline to the Aleutian Peninsula in […]
Greenpeace activists board Shell Arctic offshore drilling
Shell Arctic offshore drilling rig boarded northwest of Hawaii Six Greenpeace activists protesting Shell Arctic offshore drilling on Monday boarded a drill rig as it was transported across the Pacific Ocean toward Seattle, where it will be staged for drilling on Shell leases in Alaska waters. The 400-foot Polar Pioneer, owned by Transocean Ltd., was […]
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