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Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
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</script></div></div><div style="width:100%;min-width:100%;"><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. 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Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-76%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-75%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-74%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-73%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-72%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-71%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-70%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-69%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-68%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comFuelFix (blog)Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comIt&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<style>.rssfeeds{font-size:11px;clear:both}.rsstitlecontainer{border:#AAA 1px solid;border-width: 0 0 4px 0; padding: 4px}.rsstitlecontainer img{float: right; vertical-align: bottom}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle{font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds a.rsstitle:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds a.rsslink{font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;}.rssfeeds .rsslink:hover{text-decoration:underline;}.rssfeeds .rsstext{}.rssfeeds .rssdate{font-size:10px; color: #AAA}</style><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: silver 4px solid; margin: 0px 0 2px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''><img src='http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_uk/news.gif' style='float: right; max-height: 40px' /></a></div><div style='width: 100%; float: left; clear: both; margin: 2px 0 10px'><h2 style='margin: 0'><a href='http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&q=shell+alaska+drilling' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska drilling - Google News</a></h2></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Shell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.com</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">FuelFix (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&amp;url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html"><b><b>Shell</b> still hopeful of <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in <b>Alaska</b> for 2012: Will this be the year <b>Shell</b> Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory <b>drilling</b> in Arctic waters, or is it too late to assemble the flotilla of support vessels required?</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI5NHLlxfVhoACrPKBQ04YvU7g9Q&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/06/shell-hopeful-for-arctic-drilling/"><b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic <b>drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>FuelFix (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzEIzECh0Y0206MqU5kAKUY_ZuVTM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 13 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG3YvYNiSw3465Bsr0qQdm3Dh6jrg&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/05/2014285/shell-hopes-to-drill-this-summer.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on ... - The Republic</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&amp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/"><b>Interior Department official pledges Arctic energy policy decisions based on <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Republic</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(AP Photo/Dan Joling) Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dBiQRnn0L3N-27M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmkssKAKBm8Hk2p8YGrItfLvDlyA&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3e96b522492a4de9aac89d3bb3d3495a/AK--Arctic-Energy-Science/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAK5wd8QA__k_3l0me7GiHcMSebQ&amp;url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VqT0CSdCHUqYJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="52" /><br /><font size="-2">New York Times</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html"><b><b>Shell</b> Clears Obstacle to <b>Alaska Drilling</b> as EPA Snubs Review Plea</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against <b>drilling</b> off the coast of <b>Alaska</b> today as the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. The board declined the request to review <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157">EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>ABC News</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAQJxSmndUO0W2flBevf3gjLY6zQ&amp;url=http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1326411276-Shell-Oil-Address-Safety-Concerns-For-Offshore-Alaska-Drilling.html"><b>Shell</b> Oil Address Safety Concerns For Offshore <b>Alaska Drilling</b></a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>KUHF-FM</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN8lz1eUg0QiRfXtCZRfr5ZuedQQ&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/epa-board-rejects-appeal-of-arctic-air-permit-for-shell-exploratory-drilling-ship/2012/01/12/gIQAtTDcuP_story.html">EPA board rejects appeal of Arctic air permit for <b>Shell</b> exploratory <b>drilling</b> ship</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Washington Post</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d3E1t-m046mk2ZM3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 174 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEsCWPezaCM_G1kVKywkYPhGYumVg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:51 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions - Anchorage Daily News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCIwQF3ANGCallGjLoQMzo4HGcYA&amp;url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-February-5-2012/Shell-hopeful-for-Arctic-drilling/"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/0Woa4y7tScWsIM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Alaskajournal.com</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html"><b>Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Obama in July appointed Hayes head of a new interagency working group created to coordinate energy development in <b>Alaska</b>, including proposed offshore <b>drilling</b> the remote Chukchi and Beaufort seas off <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> northwest and north coasts.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZrPhjgd0OMHMjQCsngX1ZGOhZoQ&amp;url=http://earthjustice.org/blog/2012-february/monday-reads-the-arctic-nights-edition">Monday Reads: The Arctic Nights Edition</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog)</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZqp2J4kXML-ppM7Mcl8OQyvm-T6M&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 11 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHrKCtGv20lP4g-kaCwxRBPTYIX2w&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305144/agencies-pledge-science-based.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:11:32 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland - Fox Business</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/"><b><b>Shell</b> CEO Says Arctic Focus On <b>Alaska</b>, Greenland</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Fox Business</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">LONDON – Royal Dutch <b>Shell</b> PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to <b>drill</b> for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on <b>Alaska</b> and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUsqg5kBjV9blGM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNENg_VPh2D_BE6rb9hWjTOfSvoRUA&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:05 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark ... - Daily Mail</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/g22XTh-Y7UbmfM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="53" /><br /><font size="-2">Daily Mail</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&amp;url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html"><b>Emails reveal panic at US nuclear agency as experts were kept in the dark <b>...</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Daily Mail</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>...</b> there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose a worst-case scenario which could have seen high levels of radiation affecting <b>Alaska</b> if Fukushima could not be brought under control. Panic: Smoke rises from the <b>shell</b> of reactor No 3 at Fukushima.</font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSS0nTW0YyWrKkM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGkyYjAwDCxY56O5Zni9gdhWsyZMQ&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098067/Emails-reveal-panic-U-S-nuclear-agency-experts-kept-dark-following-Fukushima-disaster.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:46 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Shell losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays - Houston Chronicle (blog)</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dmfzBJmQ_f_hjM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="51" /><br /><font size="-2">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&amp;url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/"><b><b>Shell</b> losing $1 billion a year Gulf delays</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Houston Chronicle (blog)</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Photos of the 1000-ton <b>drilling</b> rig being placed in its spot atop the Mars oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The <b>drilling</b> rig was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The photos are from <b>Shell</b>. (<b>Shell</b>) <b>Shell&#39;s</b> Mars platform, right, is being repaired by <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAFeYHTiDJxGHWM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELPm7QriCkLHjHXaXd8rUyaQ6fFQ&url=http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/02/02/shell-losing-1-billion-a-year-on-u-s-gulf-drilling-delays/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:21 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Different perspectives - Petroleum News</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml"><b>Different perspectives</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">As <b>Shell</b> edges toward <b>drilling</b> in the <b>Alaska</b> Arctic outer continental shelf, or OCS, the stakes are high in the standoff between the proponents of offshore development and those who view the Arctic seas as an unduly risky venue for oil <b>drilling</b> at <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWX7rOjIxYD3gyM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEuHiMxjp1-hyL7BetJgUVJr6lTlA&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/3934473.shtml' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:45 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Arctic Oil Exploration: Shell Awaits New Giant Icebreaker - MarineLink</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&amp;url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx"><b>Arctic Oil Exploration: <b>Shell</b> Awaits New Giant Icebreaker</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">MarineLink</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">(Photo Courtesy <b>Shell</b>) The M/V Aiviq icebreaker, contracted by <b>Shell</b> Oil to support <b>drilling</b> in <b>Alaska&#39;s</b> Chukchi Sea, is scheduled to be completed by Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore in early 2012. The vessel, ordered in July 2009, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmmFYdKnjTFwnKM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfMjswLFwjjpo6U-NWAc2n_6f67Q&url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/exploration-icebreaker342119.aspx' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:13 GMT</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands 'Not Imminent,' Agency Says - Bloomberg</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtSF9DHekPjRjN3GUBbzBs0p6A-A&amp;url=http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/02/the-gulf-in-the-gulf-fact-and-fiction-on-offshore-drilling.php"><img src="//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/ZNiacIgDYpMUuM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="45" /><br /><font size="-2">Power Line</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html"><b>Oil Royalty Raise on U.S. Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Bloomberg</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The Hague-based company plans to start <b>drilling</b> this summer if it receives the necessary permits. <b>Alaska Drilling Shell</b> hopes the response plan will be approved in the first quarter, spokesman Curtis Smith said in an e-mail last month.</font><br /><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMmt5jPOydynfO0zSQ2Z8tIFLZOw&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html">Oil Royalty Raise on US Lands &#39;Not Imminent,&#39; Agency Says</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BusinessWeek</nobr></font></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dr3_bGBvv2uO16MUnGkwZGk4iuFvM&amp;ned=uk"><nobr><b>all 14 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table> <a href='http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWdUw7-V2qBtVKSTB5_6aYhLNBNg&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/oil-royalty-raise-on-u-s-lands-not-imminent-agency-says.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><div style='margin: 0 0 20px 0; width: 100%; float: left; clear: both'><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:05 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, th... <a href='http://classifieds.newsminer.com/bookmark/17409416' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:06 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Shell has high hopes for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? <a href='http://www2.tbo.com/business/breaking-news-business/2012/feb/05/shell-has-high-hopes-for-arctic-drilling-ar-355489/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:02 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska It&#39;s the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support vessels that must accompany drill ships to leases in the to the remote Chukchi and ... <a href='http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2012/02/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-arctic-drilling/2172421' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:50:36 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Shell Clears Obstacle to Alaska Drilling as EPA Snubs Review Plea</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) cleared an obstacle against drilling off the coast of Alaska today as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board denied a challenge by environmentalists. <a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/shell-clears-obstacle-to-alaska-drilling-as-epa-snubs-review-plea.html' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:07 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Green Blog: Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:11:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Shell leader expects Arctic offshore drilling this year HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:31 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 Contributing to those low prices is a boom in natural gas production, and earlier Thursday conference participants honored oilman George ... <a href='http://www.chron.com/business/article/Shell-leader-expects-Arctic-offshore-drilling-2499405.php' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:37 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Shell&#39;s Arctic Drilling Plan Clears Hurdle</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Opponents of Shell Oil&#39;s planned Arctic drilling lose a round before an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board. <a href='http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/shells-arctic-drilling-plan-clears-hurdle/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Shell exec sees Alaskan drilling project pushing through in 2012</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell should be able to proceed with its Alaskan exploration project this year, said Pete Slaiby, vice president  - More -  <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DFC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F%26copyid%3DF02200B1-490D-49E2-A823-2B7AAD385F3E%26brief%3Dapi%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=FC749957-C025-4DE9-B3B5-C1E0C3C4548F' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:12 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus On Alaska, Greenland</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell PLC&#39;s (RDSA.LN) plans to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic region will be centered on Alaska and Greenland, though the Anglo-Dutch major is also eyeing Russia&#39;s far north as an exploration frontier, said Chief Executive Peter Voser. <a href='http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/31/shell-ceo-says-arctic-focus-on-alaska-greenland/' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div><div style='width:100%; float: left; clear: both; border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: silver; margin: 10px 0 2px; text-align: right'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:57:44 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Shell Just Got The Air Permits It Needs For Exploratory Arctic Drilling</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/shell-arctic-drilling-2012-1' target='_blank'>Read more</a></p></div></div><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2F40thbirthdaypoem.com%2Fshell-alaska-drilling-67%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20drilling"><img src="http://40thbirthdaypoem.com/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
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