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• Companies await OK for seismic exploration permits

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  June 14th 6:15 pm: Hannah Heimbuch As Arctic ice quickly succumbs to summer sun, several major energy companies are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to make good use of open ocean for exploration. Shell Oil, Norwegian geoscience company TGS, and SAExploration have all submitted requests to the Bureau of Ocean and ...
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• Catastrophic Oil Spill Threat to Canadian River Basin

  
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  By Paul Brown, Climate News Network A vast, globally important river basin in Canada five times the size of France is at great risk from a potential catastrophic oil spill from the mining of tar sands. Related Entries June 9, 2013 Game of Phones June 5, 2013 China Acquiring Smithfield Foods
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• Kulluk report due in July as hearings end

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  By Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce: June-Issue-2 2013 Two weeks of U.S. Coast Guard hearings on the grounding of Shell’s drill rig Kulluk concluded May 30. A report on conclusions of the inquiry is due in early July, but that deadline may be extended, Coast Guard Lt. Commander Brian McNamara said. Coast ...
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• Listening sessions start process for Alaska-focused Arctic drilling rules

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Looking for lessons in Shell’s disastrous campaign to drill offshore in the Arctic, the Interior Department on Thursday launched an effort to create special rules for oil and gas activity in federal waters off Alaska’s coasts. Alex DeMarban: June 6, 2013 Looking for lessons in Shell’s disastrous campaign to ...
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• Interior official hears wide range of views on oil drilling in Arctic

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  By LISA DEMER — ldemer@adn.com: Published: June 6, 2013 Anchorage — Against the backdrop of Royal Dutch Shell’s troubled 2012 attempt to drill in the Arctic Ocean, a top Interior official — and former Alaskan — heard the gamut of views Thursday about whether and how oil companies can safely drill offshore in ...
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• Shell’s claimed high level of drilling expertise – absolute phooey?

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  It amuses me to read articles in the press about Shell’s high level of drilling expertise – typical comments regarding Alaska are along the lines of “if Shell cannot do it then nobody can…” I’m sorry, but this is a very long way off the mark. EXPERT COMMENT RECEIVED FROM A SHELL RELATED SOURCE John It ...
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• The Argument Against Oil Drilling in Arctic Seas

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  The panel heard about busted shackles lost at sea. Snapped towlines. Fuel injectors clogged with slime. Forty-foot seas. And harrowing rescue attempts by Coast Guard helicopters to pluck Kulluk crewmembers from a deck that pitched and rolled with each wave. Shell’s Alaska operations manager even admitted the Kulluk ...
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• Frantic but failed effort left Kulluk on the rocks

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Around Dec. 7, Shell made the decision to leave that month, weather permitting, Churchfield said. The timing stemmed from concerns Shell had about the prospect of millions in state property taxes that could be assessed if the Kulluk were in Alaska at the first of the year, Churchfield told the panel. But the decision ...
  2 weeks ago

• OPINION: We told you so

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Anyone who has followed development like this for any length of time will not be shocked that Shell officials lied to cover their interests following the grounding of the Kulluk. But this blatantly obvious situation should motivate elected officials and the Coast Guard to require more oversight. We’ve been handed a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shell Covered Up The Fact That They Moved Kulluk For Taxes

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  …the two Arctic drilling barges deployed by Shell were plagued with issues. The first was under criminal investigation for failing safety requirements, while the second was the Kulluk Rachel Maddow: Shell Covered Up The Fact That They Moved Kulluk For Taxes Posted: 05/31/2013 11:43 am EDT  |  Updated: 05/31/2013 ...
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• Shell’s Misadventures in Alaska

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Though Royal Dutch Shell has made major strides over the past decade in overcoming the negativity surrounding the 2004 reserve overstatement scandal, which led to the ouster of its CEO and other top executives, the company continues to be plagued by operational blunders that are straining its relationships with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oil executives tune out the call of the wild Arctic

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  The Arctic may hold 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its gas, but a series of blunders and failures there are making executives fight shy of such a sensitive area and turn their attention back to more conventional resources and the shale revolution. The turning point likely came on New ...
  2 weeks ago

• A taxing time for Shell

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  By John Donovan After Shell’s Arctic ambitions hit the rocks at the end of December 2012, Shell initially conceded that the ill-fated Kulluk drilling rig had left port under tow to avoid taxes. Shell then backtracked. Shell chief executive Peter Voser rejected accusations that tax issues were a factor in the move. ...
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• Shell Admits Kulluk Rig was Moved to Avoid Taxes

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  By Charles Kennedy | Mon, 27 May 2013 21:47 On 7th December 2012 Shell decided to move the Kulluk floating drill platform from its berth in Dutch Harbour, south to a Seattle shipyard where it would receive major repairs and general maintenance during the off-season. Shell claimed that they had assessed the possibility ...
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• Shell Admits Real Reason Coast Guard Had To Rescue Its Arctic Drilling Rig: Failed Tax Avoidance Scheme

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  By Ryan Koronowski on May 28, 2013 at 6:17 pm The main reason an offshore oil rig ran aground off the coast of Alaska late last year was because oil company Royal Dutch Shell was trying to depart state waters to avoid paying millions in taxes. Sean Churchfield, operations manager for Royal Dutch Shell in [...]
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• Shell contractor testifies tow setup for Kulluk was modified

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  By LISA DEMER — ldemer@adn.com: Published May 28, 2013 An employee for a Shell contractor testified Tuesday that a heavy chain — which investigators indicated can be used to absorb the force of rough weather — was eliminated from the towing setup for Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, because of concerns about ...
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• Concerns over Kulluk tax bill factored into Shell’s winter Gulf of Alaska crossing

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Suzanna Caldwell: May 25, 2013 Millions of dollars in potential taxes were a primary reason Royal Dutch Shell decided to move the Arctic-ready conical drilling unit Kulluk from Dutch Harbor before the end of the year, according to the company’s Alaska operations manager. The taxes were part of a hierarchy of issues ...
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• Concerns over Kulluk tax bill factored into Shell’s winter Gulf of Alaska crossing

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Suzanna Caldwell: May 25, 2013 Millions of dollars in potential taxes were a primary reason Royal Dutch Shell decided to move the Arctic-ready conical drilling unit Kulluk from Dutch Harbor before the end of the year, according to the company’s Alaska operations manager. The taxes were part of a hierarchy of issues ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ship towing drilling rig had ‘slime’ in fuel, main engineer says

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Published: May 24, 2013 at 3:58 PM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 24 (UPI) — A U.S. Coast Guard panel investigating the grounding of a drilling rig in Alaska heard testimony from an engineer who blamed a tow ship’s diesel fuel supply. The inquiry concerns the towing of the drilling rig Kulluk, owned by Royal Dutch Shell, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ship towing drilling rig had ‘slime’ in fuel, main engineer says

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 125
  Published: May 24, 2013 at 3:58 PM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 24 (UPI) — A U.S. Coast Guard panel investigating the grounding of a drilling rig in Alaska heard testimony from an engineer who blamed a tow ship’s diesel fuel supply. The inquiry concerns the towing of the drilling rig Kulluk, owned by Royal Dutch Shell, ...
  3 weeks ago

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