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Conoco halts offshore drilling in Alaskan Arctic
2013-04-11 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US oil giant ConocoPhillips on Wednesday announced it is suspending its offshore Alaska drilling program in the Alaskan Arctic due to changing regulations. Two months after a similar move by Shell, ConocoPhillips cited "evolving" federal regulatory requirements in putting on hold its 2014 exploration drilling plans in the Chukchi Sea on Alaska's northern coast. "While we are confident in our own expertise and ability to safely conduct offshore Arctic operations, we believe that more time is...
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ConocoPhillips delays Arctic offshore drilling
2013-04-10 23:09:19| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The damaged Royal Shell Dutch drilling barge Kulluk in Unalaska March 19, 2013. Shell said it won't drill in the Arctic Ocean in 2013.
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ExxonMobil begins drilling at Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland
2013-04-02 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Over the weekend, US energy company ExxonMobil began 125m ($160m) worth of planned drilling activity on two prospects at the Dunquin licence area in the Porcupine Basin, 200km offshore of Ireland.
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Shell to suspend Alaska offshore drilling activity
2013-03-01 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it will halt its exploration drilling activity in Alaska's Arctic seas in 2013.
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Shell to suspend Arctic offshore drilling program over safety fears
2013-02-27 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shell shut down its 2013 drilling season in the Arctic waters off Alaska on Wednesday, after a series of mishaps and mechanical failures. The oil company said in a statement it was putting its operations off the coast of Alaska on pause for 2013, but remained committed to drilling at a later stage. The decision raises further doubts about the future of drilling in the Arctic given Shell's difficult and costly first season of hunting for oil last year. The company spent eight years and $5bn to...
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