Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Shell shows us how they were going to drill for oil in Alaskan Arctic -- before they decided not to




Shell Exits Arctic as Slump in Oil Prices Forces Industry to Retrench.  (The New York Times, 9/28/2015)
On Monday, Royal Dutch Shell ended its expensive and fruitless nine-year effort to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic — a $7 billion investment — in another sign that the entire industry is trimming its ambitions in the wake of collapsing oil prices.

Meanwhile, back in North Dakota.......

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