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Shell oil drilling platform stranded in sensitive Arctic region

2013-01-02 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: The multinational oil giant Shell is facing fresh criticism of its Arctic offshore oil drilling programme, after one of its platforms was left stranded in an environmentally sensitive area of the Alaskan coast. The rig, called Kulluk, ran aground on an uninhabited island during a storm at the weekend while being towed back to Seattle for maintenance. By high winds and heavy seas were still preventing crewmen from boarding to check for damage. No leak has so far been seen from the rig, which is...

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