Shell’s Alaska Return Shows Arctic Drilling Defying Slump in Oil

Shell’s Alaska Return Shows Arctic Drilling Defying Slump in Oil

May 12th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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Article by Rakteem Katakey and Mark Drajem published 12 May2015 by Bloomberg.com

Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s plan to return to the Arctic this year shows exploration in one of the world’s most remote regions is proving resilient against the slide in crude prices.

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday endorsed Shell’s plan to have two rigs drill as many as six exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. Shell wants to resume workhalted in 2012 when its main drilling rig ran aground and was lost. It also was fined for air pollution violations.

Shell, which has already committed $6 billion to the Arctic project, is seeking to unlock Arctic resources that may total 10 times the amount of oil and gas produced from the North Sea so far, according to its website. Arctic oil is also being chased by Russia, though drilling has been slowed by sanctions. While exploration drilling in Norway’s Arctic will slow in 2015 to half last year’s level, at least seven wells are planned in the Barents Sea.

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Posted in: Alaska, Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Environment, Gas, Greenpeace, Oil, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Shell, Simon Henry.
Tagged: Alaska · Arctic Ocean · BP · Chukchi Sea · ExxonMobil · Litigation · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Russia · Shell

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Royal Dutch Shell: Giant arctic oil rig to be towed to Seattle this week; protests promised

Royal Dutch Shell: Giant arctic oil rig to be towed to Seattle this week; protests promised

May 12th, 2015

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Published May 11, 2015 Associated Press

SEATTLE –  A giant floating oil rig currently anchored off Port Angeles, Washington, will be towed to Seattle this week despite the Seattle mayor’s assertion that the Port of Seattle can’t host the rig until it gets a new land-use permit, a Royal Dutch Shell spokesman said Monday.

In an email, Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said the 400-foot-long Polar Pioneer was scheduled to arrive at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 “later in the week” to prepare for planned exploration in the Arctic Ocean.

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Miami Beach Police Use 124 Rounds to Kill Drunk Driver

Miami Beach Police Use 124 Rounds to Kill Drunk Driver

Edward Wasserman: The local legal system, it seems, was wholly incapable of responding to the panicky over-reaction, needless endangerment of onlookers, and staggering absence of command judgment that left Hérisse dead, instead of locked up in a drunk tank to await his hangover and an angry magistrate .READ MORE

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TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015 Miami Beach Police Use 124 Rounds to Kill Drunk Driver Edward Wasserman: The local legal system, it seems, was wholly incapable of responding to the panicky over-reaction, needless endangerment of onlookers, and staggering absence of command judgment that left Hérisse dead, instead of locked up in a drunk tank to await his hangover and an angry magistrate. READ MORE Take the Toxic Tour, Seriously! Lauren Steiner: I would highly encourage everyone who is unfamiliar with these neighborhoods and the people who sacrifice their health for us to take this tour when CBE offers it again next Saturday. READ HERE Testimony of a Juvenile Offender: Part 2 James Elrod: Having no real concept of what honor really is, I resolved in my own twisted logic and rationalizations that I would be the toughest, “downest,” and most loyal white gang member I could be. READ MORE How Hollywood Shuts Out Women Melissa Goodman and Ariela Migdal: In 2014, women were only 7 percent of directors on the top 250 grossing films. This number is 2 percentage points lower than it was in 1998. READ MORE It’s Not Nothing: Why I Support the ‘Every Child Achieves Act’ Steven Singer: The biggest flaw in this proposed act is that it keeps annual testing in place. If approved in its current form, public schools would still have to give standardized tests to children in grades 3-8 and once in high school. READ MORE

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No one should have to choose between providing for their family and being a good parent

Politicians talk a good deal about the "importance of family," but they need to do a much better job delivering. No one should have to choose between providing for their family and being a good parent. 

In the second three-minute video in our Big Picture series, MoveOn and I lay out four game-changing ideas that will help—a lot.

Over the next weeks, MoveOn and I will bring you more commonsense ideas that have the power to make our economy work for everyone. We'll be relying on you to tell us which ideas you like most by sharing them with your friends and family. 

Thanks for all you do. 

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P.S. In case you missed it, once you've watched Help Working Families, be sure to check out the timely Fight for $15, which you can access through the website

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Join us to rock Shell to its core and stabilize the climate

Dear Friend, The Other 98 staff has been deeply embedded in the uprising against Shell’s Arctic oil rigs that has electrified the Pacific Northwest and is quickly becoming a national story. We’ve got an extra-special surprise for Shell that we need your help to build. We’re expecting to see Shell’s towering rigs arrive in Seattle sometime this week. In fact, Shell’s icebreaker, Aiviq, is already here in port. We’ve been hard at work, alongside our awesome local allies, training “Kayak-tivists” to meet Shell on the water. We’re preparing for the Paddle in Seattle (May 16th), a family-friendly flotilla around Shell’s rigs with as many as 1,000 paddlers expected! This action is growing fast, and it’s getting bigger than we had dared to hope. So we’re going to kick things up a notch with an extra ingredient: the People’s Platform. We’re building the People’s Platform to be the centerpiece of the Paddle in Seattle and our water-based actions. Please check out our awesome Indiegogo page to learn more and throw down. The People's Platform is an ordinary marine barge that we’re going to transform into a beautiful floating spectacle of clean energy and peaceful resistance. We’re adding solar and wind power systems (to show Shell how it’s done), as well as a giant projector to light up the night and expose Shell's horrendous track record in the Arctic. Please help us build the People’s Platform and get yourself one of the awesome perks that we’re offering to the folks who chip in. What we’re building is a literal “platform” to elevate the voices of the people and show off energy solutions that are a whole lot less absurd than Shell's scorched-earth business model. We would be honored if you could pitch in to help us go really big. Thank you so much for joining us to rock Shell to its core and stabilize the climate. Sincerely, John Sellers The Other 98% The TRUTH will set you FREE.

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