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Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling

October 20, 2015

Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling The Obama administration officially shut the door on Arctic drilling, a move that could prevent any new drilling for years to come. The U.S. Department of Interior announced on October 16 that it would cancel two lease sales for offshore acreage, which had been scheduled to take place […]

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With Shell’s Failure, U.S. Arctic Drilling Is Dead

September 30, 2015

With Shell’s Failure, U.S. Arctic Drilling Is Dead Arctic Drilling in the U.S. is dead. After more than eight years of planning and drilling, costing more than $7 billion, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it is shutting down its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. The bombshell announcement dooms any chance of offshore oil development […]

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Shell ends exploration in Arctic near Alaska ‘for the foreseeable future’

September 28, 2015

Shell ends exploration in Arctic near Alaska ‘for the foreseeable future’ Shell spent upward of $7 billion US on offshore development in Chukchi, Beaufort seas Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well it just completed. Shell found indications of oil and gas in […]

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Senators Call For End To Arctic Drilling As Shell Gets Permits To Begin Work In Chukchi Sea

July 27, 2015

Senators Call For End To Arctic Drilling As Shell Gets Permits To Begin Work In Chukchi Sea Shell received the final permits it needed to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea last Wednesday, but a group of Senators led by Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is calling for a ban on Arctic drilling altogether. According […]

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Shell’s Renewed Arctic Drilling Campaign Faces Yet Another Setback As Key Ship Forced Back To Port

July 9, 2015

Shell’s Renewed Arctic Drilling Campaign Faces Yet Another Setback As Key Ship Forced Back To Port Is Shell finally “Arctic Ready” after its doomed 2012 campaign? The company is set to begin drilling in the Arctic within the week, and it’s already not looking good. The MSV Fennica, an icebreaker vessel bound for the Chukchi Sea, had barely left […]

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Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic

May 25, 2015

Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic In a few short months Shell will (re)enter the Chukchi Sea. The oil and gas major still awaits approval from a number of state and federal agencies, but in early May the company received the consent of the Obama administration to explore the remote Arctic sea 70 miles […]

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Shell clears major hurdle for Arctic drilling

May 12, 2015

Shell clears major hurdle for Arctic drilling Exploration plan calls for 2 ships to drill up to 6 wells northwest of Wainwright, Alaska Just days ahead of a planned protest of Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program in Seattle, the company on Monday cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to drill off Alaska’s northwestern coast. The […]

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