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The grounding of Shell Oil's Kulluk drill rig reminds us again of Alaska's tough maritime conditions and our vulnerability from coastal shipping and oil...
...looks like a giant bowling pin seated on a shallow bowl. With the centerpiece of the ship, the 160-foot derrick, Shell Oil hopes to send down drill bits and pipe to tap vast oil reserves below the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north coast. But...
ANCHORAGE - The stars lined up - almost - for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells this year in waters off Alaska's...done safely. Environmentalists cheered the setback. Shell Oil President Marvin Odum says he considers it a temporary...
...of 2013 eighteen months from when we shot our first seismic," Hendrix told the joint Chamber meeting. Cam Toohey, Shell Oil Co. manager of government affairs spoke to the roller coaster summer his company has had trying to begin exploration...
...work, it's much more robust than it used to be," he said. "Just to give you an idea on oil and gas in the Arctic, Shell Oil Company - one of three that will be exploring over the next couple of years - has over 90 support vessels and over 1...
...programs and facility rentals. The center was built in Kenai in 2000. New training operations added revenue sources. Shell Oil Co. transferred ownership of a Modular Egress Training Simulator last year - a large device that simulates underwater...
...Alaska's northwest coast, where Royal Dutch Shell PLC's U.S. unit hopes to drill exploratory wells this summer. Shell Oil Co. is awaiting federal approval of its spill response plan, which includes a "capping stack" that can be lowered...
...and the folks who bring out the oil are having a hard time doing business here due to the federal permit processes. Shell Oil, for instance, has spent $3.5 billion to develop wells and has yet to drill. The government sold Shell leases in...
...Resources Committees Sept. 21. North Slope Borough officials also told legislators they are pleased at responses by Shell Oil and the new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the new U.S. Minerals Management Service, to concerns raised by coastal...
Shell Oil executives assured Alaska legislators earlier this year that they could drill safely offshore in the state's pristine Arctic...