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...environment through the use of oil and accidents that happen along the way (i.e. Exxon oil spill, BP gulf of Mexico, Shell oil rig) are a certainty.Impacts on the environment by petroleum production and use is not relegated to cute Coca-Cola...
Shell Oil Co. announced Wednesday it will "pause" exploratory drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas for the year, prompting a flurry...
ANCHORAGE - Shell Oil Co. is downsizing its plan for off-shore drilling in the Arctic this year amid delays completing a spill containment barge required...
ANCHORAGE - Shell Oil's delay in drilling Arctic Ocean exploratory wells off Alaska's northern shores is not due to heavy ice or federal regulators...
...report to the Alaska Public Offices Commission, Vote No on 2 had raised $768,000. Among the big contributors was Shell Oil Co., with $150,000.Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said the oil company strongly supports local input."We feel...
...is bitterly opposed by environmental groups and some Alaska Natives. Their lawsuits and permit appeals have prevented Shell Oil from drilling in the Chukchi Sea, where the oil giant spent $2.1 billion on leases in 2008. Shell also holds older...
ANCHORAGE - In choppy water under blue sky off Bellingham, Wash., a Shell Oil crew on Monday lowered a "capping stack" 200 feet in the water and put it through maneuvers with underwater robots connected...
...helped the Coast Guard prepare for possible oil spills in the Arctic Ocean, the commandant of the agency said Wednesday.Shell Oil hopes to drill exploratory wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea and its two drill ships will be accompanied...
ANCHORAGE - Two environmental groups say cold-water corals discovered near a proposed Shell Oil drilling site in the Chukchi Sea deserve additional review, but the company contends they have been studied and are not threatened...
...development to refill the pipeline, starting with exploratory drilling on federal leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas by Shell Oil Co.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last week said the preferred NPR-A plan allows a pathway for the construction of...