Shell oil rig arrives in Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy
Shell oil rig arrives in Seattle waters amid protests, permit controversy
Markets | Thu May 14, 2015 7:24pm EDT
The first of two Royal Dutch Shell drilling rigs slated for Arctic oil exploration arrived in Seattle on Thursday as environmental activists geared up for days of protests over plans to store the equipment at the city’s port.
Shell is planning to use Seattle as a base to store and maintain the rigs and other equipment as it resumes exploration and drilling this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, where it has not drilled since a mishap-filled 2012 season.
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