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  • Shell’s Drillships En Route to the Arctic (USA)

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Shell’s drillships the Kulluk and Noble Discoverer set sail for the Arctic yesterday from Vigor Industrial’s Seattle shipyard, following completion of extensive environmental and safety upgrades by its commercial ship repair subsidiary, Vigor Marine. “It is impossible to overstate the pride Vigor Marine teams have felt working on these critical rigs,” said Liz Ugorcak, Senior […]

  • Shell Starts Exploratory Drilling in Beaufort Sea, Alaska

    4 October 2012

    Shell has kicked off exploratory drilling at its prospect in the Beaufort Sea, offshore Alaska, the company yesterday announced on its website. On October 3, 2012, at approximately 2:45PM AKDT, the Kulluk began drilling at Shell’s Sivulliq prospect. Shell has noted that the occasion is historic in that it’s the first time two rigs have […]

  • Shell Decides to Pause Arctic Drilling in 2013

    28 February 2013

    Royal Dutch Shell plc announced it will pause its exploration drilling  for 2013 in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption of activity at a later stage.  “We’ve made progress in Alaska, but this is a long-term programme that we are pursuing in a safe and measured way,” said […]

  • Top News of the Week of Jan 7 – 12, 2013

    13 January 2013

    Top News of the Week of Jan 7 – 12, 2013

  • Popular news, June 1 – 7, 2015

    7 June 2015

    The most popular article on Offshore Energy Today in the first week of June was a story about production delay from Chevron’s Big Foot platform due to damage to subsea installation tendons. This was followed by Statoil’s Energy Perspectives 2015 report that outlines a possible way to meet the 2-degree target which was followed by a report […]

  • Shell Moving Troubled Arctic Rigs to Asia for Repairs

    12 February 2013

    Royal Dutch Shell has decided to tow two of its troubled drilling vessels from Alaska to Asia for repairs. The oil giant said it would move the Kulluk conical drilling unit and the Noble Discoverer drillship to an Asian shipyard. The Kulluk, which went aground off Alaska in December after breaking free from tugboats leading […]

  • USA: Environmental Groups Challenge EPA’s Permits for Shell’s Drillships

    25 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    On October 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an air pollution permit for the Kulluk drill ship that Shell Offshore Inc. plans to use in offshore oil drilling efforts that could begin as early as next summer. Yesterday, on behalf of the Native Village of Point Hope, Resisting Environmental Destruction of Indigenous Lands (“REDOIL”), […]

  • Noble fined for environmental crimes in Alaska

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Drilling contractor Noble Drilling was charged with environmental and maritime crimes for operating the drillship Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in violation of federal law in Alaska in 2012, the Department of Justice announced. Under the terms of a plea agreement filed in federal court yesterday, Noble will plead guilty to eight […]

  • Shell to Return to Chukchi Sea Drilling in July, 2014

    5 December 2013

    Shell plans to go back to Arctic drilling in the Chukchi Sea, offshore Alaska, in July next year.   The oil giant last year put its Arctic aspirations on ice after it had encountered several setbacks such as its inability to obtain certification of its containment vessel, the Arctic Challenger, on a timely basis; the deployment […]

  • VIDEO: Shell’s Arctic Oil Spill Response Contingency Plans

    29 January 2013

    In the following video, Shell explains its Arctic oil spill response contingency plans. This animation shows the plan in action for the worst case discharge scenario in the Beaufort Sea. The video was published on December 5th 2012, only a few weeks before the incident with the Kulluk drilling vessel occurred off the coast of Alaska, […]

  • SEC called to investigate Shell’s Arctic drilling disclosures

    28 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

      The Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School and international ocean advocacy group Oceana yesterday called for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) open a formal investigation into disclosures by Royal Dutch Shell plc concerning the company’s activities in the United States Arctic Ocean. The two organizations submitted a petition to the […]

  • Shell May Have Sent Unsafe Ship to Drill, USA

    25 February 2013

    One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and multiple fire hazards on board the ship, according to sixteen violations identified by the Coast Guard, which were made public today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The violations were found […]

  • Shell Pauses Alaska Exploration Drilling Programme for 2013

    28 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption of activity at a later stage. “We’ve made progress in Alaska, but this is a long-term programme that we are pursuing in a safe and measured […]

  • Markey Releases Safety Violations for Shell’s Arctic Drilling Ship Identified by Coast Guard

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and multiple fire hazards on board the ship, according to sixteen violations identified by the Coast Guard, which were made public by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The violations were found by […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, March 1 – 6, 2014

    6 April 2014

    Read about new FPSO in Africa, a prison sentence for an oil company CEO, world’s largest offshore platform, offshore oil computer game, big job boom in North Sea, Kulluk drillship grounding etc

  • Interior Department Investigates Shell’s Arctic Operations (USA)

    9 January 2013

    As part of its continued commitment to rigorous oversight of oil and gas activities in the Arctic, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday announced that the Department has launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to review practices and identify challenges as well as […]

  • USCG Discovers 16 Safety Violations on Shell’s Noble Discoverer

    25 February 2013

    One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and multiple fire hazards on board the ship, according to sixteen violations identified by the Coast Guard, which were made public on Friday, February 22, by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). The […]

  • Maritime Lawyer Praises Shell’s Decision to Halt Arctic Drilling

    13 March 2013

    Royal Dutch Shell announced Feb. 27 that it would suspend offshore drilling operations north of Alaska for the remainder of 2013 due to several accidents in this remote area last year, according to an article published in the New York Times on Feb. 27. Louisiana offshore injury lawyer William Gee III today said he was […]

  • Noble to Pay USD 8.2 Mln in Fines

    10 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation said on Monday that it had reached a final settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), concluding a two-year investigation into the company’s operations and systems aboard the drillship Noble Discoverer. The settlement agreement also covers certain record keeping issues related to the Kulluk drilling rig, which was previously […]

  • Secretary Salazar Launches Expedited Assessment of 2012 Arctic Operations

    9 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    As part of its continued commitment to rigorous oversight of oil and gas activities in the Arctic, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Department has launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to review practices and identify challenges as well as lessons […]

  • US Interior Department Investigates Arctic Operations

    9 January 2013

    As part of its continued commitment to rigorous oversight of oil and gas activities in the Arctic, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday announced that the Department has launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to review practices and identify challenges as well as […]

  • Shell Prepares to Go Back to Arctic

    4 November 2013

    Oil giant Shell, in its 3Q 2013 announcement, revealed plans to continue its exploration program in the Chukchi sea, offshore Alaska. The company said it expects to submit an updated Exploration Plan in the coming weeks, which is required for Shell to keep options open to proceed in the coming year. “We are putting the building […]

  • Salazar: Shell Entered Arctic Drilling Unprepared

    15 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar yesterday, March 14, announced the findings of a Departmental review of Shell’s 2012 Arctic operations, which will help guide the conduct and oversight of future Arctic exploration. In January, Secretary Salazar directed the high-level review of Shell’s 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas – including the […]

  • Shell’s Arctic Drilling Ships Not Welcome in British Columbia Either

    1 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Shell’s Arctic drilling plans have hit another round of protests, this time in British Columbia, as oil major intends to intensify its movements through the West Coast’s Inside Passage. Namely, a group of environmentalists and BC First Nations are protesting the move as they fear that increased tanker traffic in the region could be dangerous for […]

  • DW: Shell’s Arctic drilling could affect future of Alaskan and U. S. crude supply

    8 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Despite surging production from U.S. shale plays, the scale of long-term production remains uncertain, leading to the question of where will be the next major play? Attention is being focused on Arctic Alaska, where reserves are waiting to be exploited, Douglas-Westwood (DW), an energy intelligence group, said in its DW Monday report. According to DW, geologists […]