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Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-91%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-90%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-89%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-88%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-87%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-86%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-85%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-84%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-83%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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 chukchi - Google NewsMon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:04 GMTShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summer - TheNewsTribune.comShell still hopeful of drilling in Arctic waters this summerTheNewsTribune.comTwo months into 2012, the oil giant is beyond the lead time it said it needed to assemble the flotilla of support [...]]]></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+chukchi' 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+chukchi' target='_blank' title=''>Google UK - shell alaska chukchi - 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"></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 drilling in Arctic waters this summer</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheNewsTribune.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 remote <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete Slaiby <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=dzEIzECh0Y0206M&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=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'>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:43 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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html' target='_blank'>AP Interview: Shell hopeful for Arctic drilling - 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"></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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&amp;url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.html"><b>AP Interview: <b>Shell</b> hopeful for Arctic drilling</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Anchorage Daily News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">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 <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. But <b>Shell Alaska</b> Vice President Pete <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=dukYzC6WHQ5Zv3M&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=AFQjCNFwrAu5H2OwnQ0eLEo2qXQ4i6b7pA&url=http://www.adn.com/2012/02/05/2301231/ap-interview-shell-hopeful-for.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 03:30:14 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' target='_blank'>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of Shell Arctic Permit - ABC 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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157"><b>EPA Board Rejects Appeal of <b>Shell</b> Arctic Permit</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">ABC News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Royal Dutch <b>Shell&#39;s</b> quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the <b>Chukchi</b> Sea were properly granted. The EPA Appeals Board on Thursday rejected challenges to the air <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=d3VEI-uUGzVr9dM&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=AFQjCNEu0HqzaTpubaHIS69y_N2ZOY_TMA&url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/epa-board-rejects-appeal-shell-arctic-permit-15350157' 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 drilling in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> 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'>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">Susan Childs, sustainable development manager for <b>Shell</b> in <b>Alaska</b>, told the seminar that <b>Shell&#39;s</b> participation in lease sales for the Beaufort and <b>Chukchi</b> seas since 2005, and the company&#39;s expenditure of about $4 billion on its <b>Alaska</b> OCS program, <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'>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:39 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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' target='_blank'>Shell to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas - The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-WuIEfvmaDriJM/0.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="48" /><br /><font size="-2">The Guardian</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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base"><b><b>Shell</b> to shut its main UK research base and transfer its work overseas</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">The Guardian</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1"><b>Shell</b> is to shut its main UK research and development base and transfer the work overseas in a bitter blow to Britain&#39;s knowledge economy. Hundreds of senior scientists working at the centre at Thornton in Cheshire will be scattered to other offices in <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=dSWCSfuJm6i7T1M&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=AFQjCNF3wpZDe3WF9L_sFTd0rPdlY1fs1A&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/15/shell-shutting-main-uk-research-base' 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, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:35 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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&amp;url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html"><b><b>Shell</b> gets conditional BOEM approval for <b>Chukchi</b> exploration</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">If the exploration and approvals process allow, <b>Shell</b> proposes to drill up to six exploration wells in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea beginning in the 2012 drilling season. <b>Shell</b> currently is evaluating the conditions stated in the approval, particularly one <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=dAbIpDfVxPkLjDM&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=AFQjCNH48V0-dCisNEC2DYKnrSTs7MesMQ&url=http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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, 20 Jan 2012 19:42:41 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml' target='_blank'>Shell's permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits - 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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&amp;url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.shtml"><b><b>Shell&#39;s</b> permits upheld; EAB rejects appeals of OCS permits</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Petroleum News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">12 that it had rejected appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency&#39;s air quality permits for <b>Shell&#39;s</b> use of the drillship Noble Discoverer for exploration drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort seas. The air quality permits are critically <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=dlrROTE0lWb7M4M&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=AFQjCNFxFlWmZUlU3L-XH-B2gxm5GsSVOg&url=http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/252570395.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'>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:39 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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' target='_blank'>Analyst: NS offshore just one of Shell's interests - TheChronicleHerald.ca</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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&amp;url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests"><b>Analyst: NS offshore just one of <b>Shell&#39;s</b> interests</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TheChronicleHerald.ca</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Analysts have said the price paid by <b>Shell</b> is the second-highest amount the company has ever paid for offshore blocks. The highest amount was $2.5 billion, which the company paid in 2007 for six leases in <b>Alaska&#39;s Chukchi</b> Sea. <b>Shell</b> is slated to begin <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=dPP6SLFy0w9AxNM&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=AFQjCNGWru435jA70JQkomHMZ2GcuCTlCg&url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/56827-analyst-ns-offshore-just-one-shell-s-interests' 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 03:02:17 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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' target='_blank'>Alaska News Nightly: February 1, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network</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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&amp;url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/"><b><b>Alaska</b> News Nightly: February 1, 2012</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Alaska Public Radio Network</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">Congressman Young says although he thinks oil drilling and fisheries can co-exist, he is urging Natural Resources chair Doc Hastings to put this issue off for a while because of the push for drilling in the <b>Chukchi</b> and Beaufort. <b>Shell</b> Oil is investing <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=dDuwTG0BVDlpTeM&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=AFQjCNGL-jUX674RtNCO1-hHJniTzCdUFw&url=http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/02/01/alaska-news-nightly-february-1-2012/' 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 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'>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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' target='_blank'>EPA board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - 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 gr... <a href='http://newsminer.com/bookmark/17104287' 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 08:30:23 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.html' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic Permit: EPA Appeals Board Rejects Challenge</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.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/shell-arctic-permit-epa_n_1203185.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, 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 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, 16 Jan 2012 07:51:31 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.html' target='_blank'>Shell gets conditional BOEM approval for Chukchi exploration</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>WASHINGTON, D.C. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has approved conditionally Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan set to begin this year. <a href='http://www.offshore-mag.com/content/os/en/articles/2012/01/shell-gets-conditional-boem-approval-for-chukchi-exploration.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 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 00:13:55 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=rss' target='_blank'>Shell to go forward with Arctic drilling after EPA rejects challenges to permits</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>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.denverpost.com/business/ci_19732882?source=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'>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:29:04 -0800</div><div style='clear: both; width: 100%; float: left'><h4 style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 12px'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' target='_blank'>Shell Arctic drilling permit affirmed</a></h4><p style='margin: 2px 0; font-size: 11px; color: grey'>Royal Dutch Shell&#39;s quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its U.S. air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/12/shell-arctic-drilling.html?cmp=rss' 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-chukchi-82%2F&amp;linkname=shell%20alaska%20chukchi"><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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