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Drilling fluids spill from Shell site in Gulf of Mexico
More than 13,000 gallons of drilling fluids -- including about 7,500 gallons of synthetic materials -- leaked from equipment at Shell's Appomattox prospect into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday.
View ArticleEnvironmental groups challenge Shell’s Arctic drilling permits
Environmental groups have launched a new legal challenge to Shell Oil Co.'s plans to begin exploratory drilling in Arctic waters near Alaska this summer.
View ArticleFeds to review Hilcorp’s plan for manmade island in Arctic
Although other gravel islands have been built in the Beaufort Sea, Hilcorp's proposed Liberty project would be the first oil production facility located entirely in federal waters off the Alaska coast.
View ArticleShell abandons Arctic oil quest after $7 billion bid yields ‘disappointing’...
After failing to find commercially viable quantities of oil and gas at its Chukchi Sea well, Shell said it will halt exploring U.S. Arctic waters and could take a $4.1 billion write down.
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