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Salvage crew boards grounded drilling rig in Alaska
2013-01-03 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: A team of six salvage experts boarded, on Wednesday, an oil drilling rig that went aground off an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Alaska. The team was lowered to the Kulluk by a Coast Guard helicopter to conduct a structural assessment of the rig. The experts were on board the rig for about three hours. Earlier efforts to board the rig were put on hold due to severe weather conditions over the past several days. Conditions were calmer on Wednesday. The Kulluk broke loose of its tether...
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Rig Grounding Revives Debate Over Shells Arctic Drilling
2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: This weeks grounding of a rig off the coast of Alaska adds to a series of mishaps in Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)s seven-year quest to tap the vast oil reserves of the Arctic and emboldened critics who say it cant be done safely. The drill ship Kulluk broke free of a tow boat in a storm Dec. 31 and remained upright though stranded last night on the coast of Sitkalidak Island, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of the town of Kodiak. The crew was evacuated and there were no signs the vessel...
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No Sign of Spill as Salvage Team Reaches Stranded Alaska Oil Rig
2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A salvage team was able to board the stranded Kulluk oil rig where it remained beached Wednesday on a remote Alaska shoreline, and authorities said there was still no evidence of fuel leakage into the churning surf. But questions remained about whether the fuel tanks aboard the vessel were completely undamaged, Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler, the federal response commander, said at a briefing Wednesday night. Authorities are primarily worried that fuel stored on board the vessel could leak and...
Runaway Alaska oil rig dragged two tugs for miles
2013-01-02 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The runaway oil rig that ran aground in Alaska on New Year's Eve dragged two vessels trying to control it more than 10 miles toward shore in just over an hour before the crews cut it loose to save themselves in "near hurricane" conditions. Details were still emerging on Wednesday from the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Dutch/Shell, the company at the center of a controversial and accident-prone Arctic oil drilling program of which the Kulluk drillship is a vital part. They paint a frightening picture...
Arctic oil rig runs aground
2013-01-02 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: On Monday night, an oil drilling rig owned by Dutch Royal Shell ran aground on Sitkalidak Island in southern Alaska, prompting fears of an oil spill. As of yesterday no oil was seen leaking from the rig according to the Coast Guard, but efforts to secure the rig have floundered due to extreme weather. The rig, dubbed Kulluk, contains over 140,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The incident occurred when harsh weather caused the rig to break free from a ship that was towing the Kulluk from the Arctic...
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