Shell pushes on with Arctic exploration as it awaits U.S. permit
Business | Thursday Apr 30, 2015
Shell pushes on with Arctic exploration as it awaits U.S. permit
(Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell is pushing ahead with plans to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean near Alaska this summer despite opposition from environmental groups.
The Anglo-Dutch oil major is preparing “an armada of 25 vessels” to begin a two-year program to explore two to three wells in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska, Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry said on Thursday.
“We are currently on track. Some of the permits are issued at the last moment,” he told reporters.
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