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Friday, June 11th, 2010
Groups Sue Again Over Oil Drilling off Alaska - Wall Street Journal
 FuelFix (blog) | Groups Sue Again Over Oil Drilling off Alaska Wall Street Journal The Obama administration gave Shell the go-ahead last year to move forward with plans to drill for oil in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. The coalition's court challenge targets a ship that Shell plans to deploy for drilling in the Beaufort Sea starting ... Groups appeal air permit for Shell Arctic drilling Shell drill plans waiting on 2 permits Groups challenge Shell's plans for Alaska |
PROFESSORS LETTER TO SHELL CEO PETER VOSER & SHELL ALASKA VP PETER SLAIBY - Royal Dutch Shell plc .com
 Royal Dutch Shell plc .com | PROFESSORS LETTER TO SHELL CEO PETER VOSER & SHELL ALASKA VP PETER SLAIBY Royal Dutch Shell plc .com Mr. Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer Royal Dutch Shell pic As you prepare for your 2012 Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea exploratory oil and gas drilling program off the Arctic coast of Alaska, I wanted to respectfully ask for your ... |
Alaska Whaler Wins $150000 Goldman Prize for Oil Fight - Bloomberg
 Bloomberg | Alaska Whaler Wins $150000 Goldman Prize for Oil Fight Bloomberg When Shell Oil purchased leasing rights in the Chukchi for $2.1 billion in 2008, Executive Vice President David Lawrence declared that Alaska has “the potential to become a new heartland for Shell.” The Department of the Interior estimates that there ... |
Shell fleet on the move - Petroleum News
 Consumer Energy Report | Shell fleet on the move Petroleum News Shell's two drilling vessels and 35 support vessels earmarked for drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas this year are either in Alaska or are on their way to the state, Shell Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry told financial analysts on April 27 ... Shell receives permits for Arctic Ocean drilling Shell gets nod for work offshore Alaska Enviros Want Probe of Shell's Drilling Claims |
Risk assessment in the Arctic Ocean needs a closer look - Alaska Dispatch
 Mongabay.com | Risk assessment in the Arctic Ocean needs a closer look Alaska Dispatch This winter as Shell Oil readied for the first-ever drilling season in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, we in the north have been holding our breaths. While politicians and pundits have been blaming the price at the pump for all that ails our nation, ... Greenpeace Occupies Icebreaker to Block Shell Arctic Drilling Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound Shell icebreaker in Finland Feds reviewing Shells 10 Arctic drilling permit proposals |
Chukchi Sea depths hold vast environmental complexities - Anchorage Daily News
Chukchi Sea depths hold vast environmental complexities Anchorage Daily News By ALAN BAILEY In summer, the gray surface of Alaska's Chukchi Sea looks monotonously uniform, except for an occasional scattering of small ice floes, which are the remnants of the winter ice pack. Hidden beneath the surface, however, is a remarkably ... |
Greenpeace Inercepts Shell Icebreaker - MarineLink
 Globe and Mail | Greenpeace Inercepts Shell Icebreaker MarineLink The Nordica is heading to Alaska to join its sister ship, the Fennica, to support the Kulluk and Noble Discoverer, the two drillships that are en route to the north coast of Alaska to drill five exploratory wells for Shell in the Beaufort and Chukchi ... More Than 1 Million People Urge White House to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling One Million for the Arctic Arctic Drilling Opponents Swarm The White House |
Shell trains helicopter passengers in survival - Anchorage Daily News
Shell trains helicopter passengers in survival Anchorage Daily News Like other oil companies, Shell relies heavily on helicopters to transport its crews and contractors to offshore oil platforms. It is gearing up to begin drilling exploratory wells late this summer in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas -- a high profile, ... |
Shell's offshore Alaska drilling program still not a given: Watson - Platts
Shell's offshore Alaska drilling program still not a given: Watson Platts The company still needs individual drilling permits for each of the exploratory wells it has proposed -- two in the Beaufort Sea and three in the Chukchi Sea in the shallow waters off Alaska. The company has all major permits from government agencies, ... |
Shell asks court to declare IHAs valid - Petroleum News
Shell asks court to declare IHAs valid Petroleum News In the latest of a series of court actions designed to pre-empt last minute litigation against its planned Arctic outer continental shelf drilling this year, Shell has filed a petition with the federal District Court in Alaska, asking the court to rule ... |
Groups challenge Shell's plans for Alaska
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging a permit for Shell to drill for oil in waters off the coast of Alaska. Read more
Environmental Groups Seek to Halt Shell's Alaska Drilling Plans
Several environmental groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in an effort to halt Shell's drilling plans in the Chuchki Sea offshore Alaska. Read more
Groups appeal air permit for Shell Arctic drilling
Environmental and Alaska Native groups on Wednesday appealed an air permit granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a Shell Oil drilling ship that could be used this summer in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northern shore. Read more
Shell gets nod for work offshore Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 3 (UPI) -- Shell officials said they've worked for years in Alaska with few environmental setbacks and looked forward to securing remaining permits for offshore work. Read more
Chukchi Sea depths hold vast environmental complexities
Hidden beneath the surface of the Chukchi Sea off Northwest Alaska is a remarkably varied environment, according to industry-funded researchers working in areas of planned drilling by Shell, Conoco Phillips and Statoil. Read more
Shell receives permits for Arctic Ocean drilling
A spokesman for Shell Alaska says the company is a step closer to exploratory drilling off Alaska's northern shores.Curtis Smith says the National Marine Fisheries Service on Wednesday issued the company ... Read more
Feds are studying Shell's plans to drill several Arctic wells
Federal regulators are reviewing 10 Royal Dutch Shell applications to drill wells in Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi seas. - More - Read more
Salazar says Shell offshore permits still under study
If Shell goes ahead with offshore oil exploration in Alaska waters it will be done under the most cautious program in the history of the world, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said this week. In a ... Read more
Shell trains helicopter passengers in survival
Like other oil companies, Shell relies heavily on helicopters to transport its crews and contractors to offshore oil platforms. While most helicopter flights go smoothly, Shell is investing big in training and equipment to reduce the chance of disaster and boost the odds of survival in a crash over the cold, open sea. Read more
Alaska’s Senators in Tune on Offshore Energy
With Alaska poised to become the next frontier in offshore drilling this summer, the state’s two senators, Republican Lisa Murkowski and Democrat Mark Begich, find themselves in agreement. Read more
