...company intensified its program by bidding $39 million for offshore leases, including more than $14 million for Flaxman Island northwest of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The plan submitted by Shell Offshore proposed to drill as many...

...bidder, accounting for more than $39 million in bids. Shell Gulf of Mexico bid more than $14 million to lease Flaxman Island northwest of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Not everyone was happy with the lease sale. Earlier this week, Native...

...referring to the prospect that used to be called Hammerhead and which lies offshore the North Slope, due north of Flaxman Island on the western side of Camden Bay. "Top-hole wells typically extend (to depths of) 1,000 to 1,200 feet and...