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Weather disrupts Shell efforts to free Alaska oil rig
2013-01-06 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Coast Guard and Shell were making fresh preparations on Sunday to tow a grounded Alaska oil rig, saying crews would keep trying to connect a tow line after rough weather prevented their efforts all Saturday. According to a news release from the unified grounding response team, the aim, once the conditions are right, is to tow the rig to a sheltered bay nearby so experts can make a better assessment of its sea worthiness. Officials have declined to speculate on the exact timing of the...
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8 Reasons Why Shell Cant be Trusted in the Arctic
2013-01-04 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Shell`s most recent "mishap" a few days ago was not the first setback the oil giant has suffered in its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. In fact, it`s the eighth in a growing list of reasons why Shell should not be trusted in the Arctic. 1. Shell has no idea how much an oil spill clean-up would cost In March 2012, in response to questions from the UK`s Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee, Peter Velez, Shells head of emergency response in the Arctic admitted that Shell had not...
Latest Shell Debacle in Alaska Part of a Larger Pattern of Risk and Failure
2013-01-03 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Shell Oil's string of failures in its Arctic Ocean drilling attempts continued into the New Year. One of the company's drill rigs ran aground near Alaska's Kodiak Island with 150,000 gallons of diesel fuel and other petroleum products onboard. In the face of a winter storm, all four of its tow vessel's engines failed. Then the tow line failed, and repeated efforts to reattach lines and tow the rig clear of danger failed, as well. One storm thwarted Shell's plans to haul its rig to Seattle for...
Shell begins assessment of Kulluk drillship incident
2013-01-03 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Royal Dutch Shell has begun a formal assesment of the Kulluk drillship to review its condition and any environmental impact it might have had after it ran aground in heavy seas in Alaska on Monday.
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Shell oil drilling platform stranded in sensitive Arctic region
2013-01-02 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The multinational oil giant Shell is facing fresh criticism of its Arctic offshore oil drilling programme, after one of its platforms was left stranded in an environmentally sensitive area of the Alaskan coast. The rig, called Kulluk, ran aground on an uninhabited island during a storm at the weekend while being towed back to Seattle for maintenance. By high winds and heavy seas were still preventing crewmen from boarding to check for damage. No leak has so far been seen from the rig, which is...
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