News Articles for "Beaufort Sea"
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Coast Guard begins drill barge grounding inquiry
The grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island began with a bracket connected to a tow line being ripped off the vessel i...
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Begich: Shipping riskier than drilling in Arctic
More than 250 vessels operated last year in the Arctic Ocean and made 480 transits through the Bering Strait, and the increasing traffic poses more of a t...
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Tow arrives to take damaged Shell barge to Asia
A ship that will transport a damaged Royal Dutch Shell Arctic drilling barge has arrived in the Alaska port of Dutch Harbor. Shell spokesman Curtis Smith ...
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Report says Shell unprepared for Arctic drilling
Shell was not fully prepared when it launched its trouble-plagued Arctic offshore drilling program last year, and the oil company also fell short in overs...
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