Officials check out drilling rigs slated for Arctic
Alaskan officials on Sunday toured two drilling rigs docked in a Seattle shipyard, as Shell showed off improvements it has made to the vessels that are poised to begin boring exploratory wells in...
View ArticleQ&A: Author talks challenges, compromises for Shell in Arctic
In "The Eskimo and the Oil Man," author Bob Reiss tells the story of planned oil exploration in Arctic waters through the eyes of an Inupiat leader from the North Slope and Shell Alaska's vice...
View ArticleConcessions to natives & regulators paved way for Shell’s Arctic drilling
For four years, the public face of Shell's Alaska venture has been working to convince federal regulators and native Alaskans that the company's plans to search for crude underneath arctic waters can...
View ArticleShell takes key step on scaled-back Alaska drilling
Shell on Tuesday began preparations to install anchors at the site of one of its planned wells in the Chukchi Sea north of Alaska -- a major step toward launching a new era of Arctic oil exploration,...
View ArticleDiscoverer drillship sets sail for Shell’s Arctic leases
The Noble Discoverer began a one-week trek to the Chukchi Sea on Saturday afternoon, moving Shell one step closer to drilling for oil in Arctic waters this summer. The company is now talking with...
View ArticleArctic frontier opens as Shell begins drilling in Chukchi Sea
Shell began boring its first well in the Chukchi Sea in more than two decades on Sunday, kicking off what company executives anticipate will be years of work tapping prospects throughout U.S. Arctic...
View ArticleShell opening new Arctic frontier
On top of the world, nearly 400 miles above the Arctic Circle and 70 miles from the nearest land, optimism is as boundless as the Chukchi Sea stretching on the horizon. Despite repeated setbacks, many...
View ArticleShell concludes inaugural Arctic drilling season
Shell on Wednesday was wrapping up its first-in-a-decade season drilling in U.S. Arctic waters, having punched two holes underneath the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea in search of oil.
View ArticleShell navigates obstacles in Arctic drilling
On an all-but-invisible horizon, light gray mist meets dark gray water. Tiny, dry snowflakes and ice crystals swirl across the deck of the drillship Noble Discoverer, driven by a wind that whips...
View ArticleShell’s Kulluk drilling rig runs aground near Alaskan island
Shell's Kulluk drilling rig ran aground Monday night near Alaska's Kodiak Island after a five-day fight to tow the vessel through a fierce storm and 70-mph winds.
View ArticleShell signs deal with Alaska native group
Shell moved Thursday to deepen its relationship with Alaska natives who live near the company's Arctic oil wells, signing a deal that gives them royalties from some of the projects an option to buy...
View ArticleShell seeks five more years for Arctic oil-drilling drive
Shell, which has spent eight years and $6 billion to explore the Arctic’s Beaufort and Chukchi seas, said in letter to the Interior Department that “prudent” exploration before leases expire is now...
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