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Salvage crew boards grounded drilling rig in Alaska
2013-01-03 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: A team of six salvage experts boarded, on Wednesday, an oil drilling rig that went aground off an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Alaska. The team was lowered to the Kulluk by a Coast Guard helicopter to conduct a structural assessment of the rig. The experts were on board the rig for about three hours. Earlier efforts to board the rig were put on hold due to severe weather conditions over the past several days. Conditions were calmer on Wednesday. The Kulluk broke loose of its tether...
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No Sign of Spill as Salvage Team Reaches Stranded Alaska Oil Rig
2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A salvage team was able to board the stranded Kulluk oil rig where it remained beached Wednesday on a remote Alaska shoreline, and authorities said there was still no evidence of fuel leakage into the churning surf. But questions remained about whether the fuel tanks aboard the vessel were completely undamaged, Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler, the federal response commander, said at a briefing Wednesday night. Authorities are primarily worried that fuel stored on board the vessel could leak and...
Runaway Alaska oil rig dragged two tugs for miles
2013-01-02 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The runaway oil rig that ran aground in Alaska on New Year's Eve dragged two vessels trying to control it more than 10 miles toward shore in just over an hour before the crews cut it loose to save themselves in "near hurricane" conditions. Details were still emerging on Wednesday from the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Dutch/Shell, the company at the center of a controversial and accident-prone Arctic oil drilling program of which the Kulluk drillship is a vital part. They paint a frightening picture...
Shell oil drill ship runs aground off Alaska coast
2013-01-02 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
One of two Arctic-class drillships deployed by Royal Dutch Shell for offshore drilling in the Arctic ran aground in the shallow water off Sitkalidak Island in the Gulf of Alaska after drifting in stormy weather.
Oil Drilling Rig Runs Aground In Gulf Of Alaska
2013-01-01 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: An oil drilling rig holding more than 150,000 gallons of diesel, lubricating oil, and hydraulic fluid has run aground near Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, after it was being towed during a storm. The crew was evacuated before the rig was incapacitated. "The rig ran aground in a storm, with waves up to 35 feet and wind to 70 miles per hour," reports Jeff Brady, on NPR's Newscast. The Shell Oil rig is "about 250 miles south of Anchorage," Jeff says. Update at 6:13 p.m. ET. No Sign of a Leak....
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