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Coast Guard overflight of Kulluk aground
2013-01-10 14:32:00| Offshore Technology
Shells Kulluk rig ran aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska on 2 January.
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Oil Rig Aground in Alaska Is Towed From Shoreline
2013-01-07 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A week after it ran aground along a rocky shoreline in the Gulf of Alaska, a Shell Oil drilling rig was refloated and towed to safer water for inspection, officials said Monday. Sean Churchfield, operations manager for Shell Alaska and a member of the response team that includes representatives from Shell, the Coast Guard and Alaskas environmental agency, said the rig was refloated late Sunday night and arrived in Kiliuda Bay, a sheltered area on Kodiak Island about 300 miles southwest of Anchorage,...
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VIDEO: Inquiry call after rig runs aground
2013-01-04 20:01:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Senior members of the US Congress are demanding an inquiry after a Shell oil drilling ship ran aground off Alaska.
Arctic oil rig runs aground
2013-01-02 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: On Monday night, an oil drilling rig owned by Dutch Royal Shell ran aground on Sitkalidak Island in southern Alaska, prompting fears of an oil spill. As of yesterday no oil was seen leaking from the rig according to the Coast Guard, but efforts to secure the rig have floundered due to extreme weather. The rig, dubbed Kulluk, contains over 140,000 gallons of diesel fuel. The incident occurred when harsh weather caused the rig to break free from a ship that was towing the Kulluk from the Arctic...
Shell Oil Rig Runs Aground Raising Grave Concerns of Drilling in the Arctic
2013-01-02 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak conducts hoists of the second of 18 crewmen from the mobile drilling unit Kulluk in 15 to 20-foot seas 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City Saturday, Dec. 29. The Coast Guard was prompted to rescue the crew of the Kulluk after there were problems with the tow Thursday and the weather conditions began to deteriorate. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. Despite warnings from wildlife advocates of the risks...