Tag: Shell Arctic Drilling
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 permitted for limited Alaska offshore oil exploratory drilling
Alaska offshore oil exploration in Chukchi Sea WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has given Royal Dutch Shell PLC approval to begin limited exploratory oil drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast. The two permits issued Wednesday clear the way for drilling in Chukchi Sea, but with conditions. Shell can only drill the top sections of wells because the company doesn’t […]
Churchill Marine Observatory: New research into Arctic oil spills
Churchill Marine Observatory research will be help in event of Alaska Arctic off-shore oil spill A new $32 million research facility – Churchill Marine Observatory – on the edge of Hudson Bay will soon begin studying the impacts of potential Arctic oil spills. The recent transportation of two Shell drilling platforms up the West Coast has focused […]
US Coast Guard detains Shell Arctic oil rig protestors
Shell Arctic oil rig leaves Seattle Monday The U.S. Coast Guard detained two dozen protesters who formed a blockade with kayaks and other vessels Monday to try to stop Royal Dutch Shell’s drill rig as it left Seattle on its way to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean. The protesters were scooped up from the […]
Alaska oil production declining, Arctic drilling may revive industry
Recoverable crude oil in North Slope Offshore of Alaska is 23.8 billion barrels Shell’s controversial decision to drill off-shore in the Chukchi Sea may finally slow the 20-year decline in Alaska oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Alaska’s crude oil production has declined from 1.8M b/d in 1991 to 0.5M b/d in 2014, and it […]
Arctic drilling protests at Seattle port to stop Shell rig work
Arctic drilling platform staged in Seattle Critics of Arctic drilling plan to block the gates to a seaport terminal in Seattle, where Royal Dutch Shell’s massive floating drill rig will be loaded up before heading to the waters off Alaska this summer. A few hundred protesters marched across a bridge to Terminal 5, temporarily closing the […]
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