Shell pressing ahead in Chukchi after setbacks
Explorers 2015: Shell pressing ahead in Chukchi after setbacks
Company is mobilizing fleet after three-year hiatus, still waiting for final approval of exploration plan
Eric Lidji For Petroleum News: 7 June 2015
After a tiny step forward and many large leaps backward, Royal Dutch Shell plc is once again planning to explore its Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea this summer.
“We have retained a very significant capability to be ready this year to go ahead,” CEO Ben van Beurden said during a January earnings call. “And we’ve kept all our capability in place, tuned it, upgraded it just to be ready to drill this coming summer season.”
By “capability,” van Beurden was referring to the fleet required for conducting drilling operations in the remote Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast of the Alaska.
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