The Obama Administration will allow Shell to begin limited drilling off of Alaska's coast, an approval that inches the energy company closer to its fossil fuel exploration goals.

WASHINGTON — The government on Wednesday granted the first permit for a new deep-water well that hadn't been approved before last year's Gulf spill shut down such drilling - a major milestone ...

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration dealt a major blow to Shell's Arctic drilling plans Tuesday, ruling that wildlife protections bar the company from simultaneously boring two wells into the ...

The federal government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell the final permit it needs to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast for the first time in more than two decades.

Shell has spent more than $3.5 billion on federal leases and preparations to drill in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Company officials are trying to demonstrate that it can not only drill ...

WASHINGTON - Shell launched Arctic drilling on Thursday by sending a specialized bit spinning into the bottom of the Chukchi Sea, as critics protested against the campaign. The company now has ...

WASHINGTON — Although Shell Oil Co. is scrapping its plans to drill into potential oil reservoirs underneath the Chukchi and Beaufort seas this summer because of damaged spill-containment ...

Royal Dutch Shell is taking flack from all directions today as a team of salvage experts try to figure out how to free the $290 million Kulluk floating drilling rig that ran aground on the coast ...

Drill set to begin at 10 a.m. June 20, 2024. P OTTER TWP. ― The Shell Polymers Monaca plant has announced it will conduct an emergency response preparedness drill at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell received final approval from the Obama administration on Wednesday to begin exploratory drilling for oil in the Arctic this summer, but with new restrictions that will alter the ...

Shell’s Arctic Drill Bit. It only took six years and $6 billion to get oil leases honored. Share. Resize. Institute for Energy Research Senior Vice President Dan Kish on the Obama administration ...

Shell plans to be back in the Chukchi two months from now to drill two exploratory wells. Arctic drilling was a close call back in 2012, and Shell's misadventures make it an even closer one now ...