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After sinking eight years and more than $8 billion into the effort, Shell Oil is pulling out of the Arctic Ocean. The company dropped the surprising news…
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While the Polar Pioneer remains parked in Port Angeles, a second oil drilling rig -- the Noble Discoverer -- arrived Everett Tuesday, where it was greeted…
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The Arctic is getting hotter faster than any part of the globe. Experts predict the region will be free of sea ice during the summer within about 20…
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says Royal Dutch Shell will be allowed to begin preparation work at exploratory drilling sites in the Chukchi.Salazar says…
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Royal Dutch Shell could drill several exploratory oil wells into the waters off the north shore of Alaska this summer. The potential prize is huge, but so is the risk, should there be an oil spill in the pristine and remote region. So Shell is recruiting locals and training them to confront oil in icy waters.
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Two vessels fitted with drilling rigs left Seattle Wednesday for Alaska.The Kulluk and Noble Discoverer and support ships are headed first to Dutch…
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Seattle’s Elliott Bay is the epicenter of a global energy fight.The Shell Oil Company has two rigs docked here, the Kulluk and the Noble Discoverer. Also…
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The Arctic drill ship Kulluk has been berthed in Seattle for about 10 months, but if Shell Oil gets final federal permits and overcomes court challenges…