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Shell's Arctic drilling plan under threat after US orders review
2013-01-08 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Obama administration ordered a sweeping review of Shell's plans to drill in the Arctic on Tuesday, after a series of mishaps ending with the New Year grounding of the company's Kulluk rig. The review and a separate investigation of the grounding of the Kulluk raises the possibility that Shell, after investing six years and $5bn trying to extract oil in harsh and remote conditions, may be forced to re-evaluate entirely its plans to drill in the Arctic. The high-level review will home...
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Drilling Rig's Thick Hull Helps Prevent Oil Spill
2013-01-08 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A Shell Oil drilling rig has been pulled of the rocks, where it washed up a week ago during a storm. It has been towed to a bay where divers will inspect it for damage. The incident raises questions about the oil company's controversial plans to continue exploring for oil in the Arctic Ocean this summer.
United States: Gas Drilling Far From Imminent, but Debate Roils Otsego County
2013-01-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: If Otsego County were Hollywood, then its debate over hydraulic fracturing, the contentious method of drilling for natural gas, would be resolved as it is in the movie Promised Land, which opened here over the weekend at the Southside Mall. That is, a good-looking representative of a villainous gas company would dupe the townspeople into selling him their mineral rights, only to repent after deciding that his employer was bad and fracking, as it is known, potentially worse. And this would win him...
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Rig accident shows need to pause Arctic drilling: Green groups
2013-01-03 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Opponents of Royal Dutch Shell's ambitious Arctic oil program have called on the Obama administration to put offshore drilling plans in the region on hold after one of the company's oil rigs broke away from tow boats in high seas and ran aground off Alaska. The Natural Resources Defense Council and The Wilderness Society on Thursday said the accident involving Shell's Kulluk oil rig is new evidence that oil companies are not prepared to safely manage the extreme conditions of the Arctic. The...
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Methane Leak Data Highlights Concerns About Natural Gas Drilling
2013-01-03 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Yale Environment 360: Methane Leak Data Highlights Concerns About Natural Gas Drilling e360 digest 03 Jan 2013: Methane Leak Data Highlights Concerns About Natural Gas Drilling A pair of ongoing studies show unexpectedly high methane leakage from some oil and gas fields in the U.S., findings that underscore concerns that the climate benefits of the natural gas boom may be overstated. Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder say new data indicates that as much as 4 percent...
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