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Shell abandons oil exploration in offshore Alaska
Shell has abandoned its plans to explore prospects in offshore Alaska after failing to find sufficient reserves of oil and…
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Americas
ExxonMobil talks up more Arctic offshore oil exploration
Oil majors must continue exploring offshore Arctic sites for potential fields for the foreseeable future so that energy sources are…
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Environment
Shell CEO says oil production in Arctic probably 15 years away
For all the hue and cry over Shell’s current oil exploration campaign in the Arctic it could yet be almost…
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Americas
Greens label President Obama a hypocrite over Shell approval
President Barack Obama’s visit on Monday to Alaska where he will push for action on climate change has drawn a…
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Dry Cargo
First panamax carries iron ore from Canada’s Arctic to Europe
Nordic Bulk Carriers’ vessel Nordic Odin (77,000 dwt, built 2015) has become the first panamax bulker to carry iron ore…
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Offshore
Shell halts its Arctic offshore drilling because of extreme weather
Shell has brought a temporary halt to its offshore Arctic oil-drilling operation because of dangerously high winds and waters in…
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Europe
Oil company orders Barents Sea survey data
An unnamed oil company agreed to licence 3D electromagnetic data on the Barents Sea from Oslo-listed Electromagnetic Geoservices’ multi-client data…
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Americas
Hillary Clinton tweets her opposition to Arctic oil drilling
Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic Party candidate in next year’s US general election, has tweeted her opposition to offshore oil…
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Americas
Shell gets final green light for Arctic drill into oil-bearing zone
Shell Oil has been drilling at one of its Arctic offshore prospects for more than two weeks already – albeit…
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Americas
USCG fines five from Greenpeace bridge-dangling protest
The US Coast Guard is fining five Greenpeace protesters $5,000 each for their roles in last month’s Portland bridge-dangling protest…
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Americas
Shell asks regulators for permission to drill deeper in Arctic waters
Shell has asked US federal regulators for permission to drill deeper at its site in Arctic waters. So far the…
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Americas
BSEE inspectors keeping constant watch on Shell’s Arctic drilling operation
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) confirmed on Friday that Shell’s Arctic drilling operation is being constantly…
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Americas
Canada to invest $22.7m in Arctic shipping safety
Canadian authorities on Friday committed $22.7 million to improving the safety of shipping in the Arctic. Various branches of the…
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Americas
Greenpeace bridge danglers earn a victory as Shell icebreaker turns back to dock in Portland
Greenpeace’s inventive bridge-dangling action gained a temporary victory on Thursday morning when the protest seemed to force Shell-hired icebreaker Fennica…
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Americas
Activists suspend themselves from Portland bridge in protest against Shell’s Arctic drilling
Campaigners in Portland took their protest against Shell’s Arctic drilling to whole new heights on Wednesday when 13 Greenpeace activists…
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Americas
Kayaktivists in Portland on vigil to blockade Shell icebreaker
Green activists in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday were preparing to make a 24-hour vigil and form a blockade of kayaks…
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Americas
Portland’s kayaktivists ready to greet Shell icebreaker with flotilla
Portland: Although most of Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling fleet is in Alaskan waters far from the reach of environmentalist protesters,…
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Americas
All clear for Shell’s Arctic drilling campaign as BSEE grants final permits
San Francisco: Shell Oil cleared the final hurdle to its Arctic oil-drilling operation when the US Bureau of Safety and…
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Americas
US Senator introduces bill to prevent offshore Arctic drilling
Washington: A US Senator for Oregon on Friday introduced legislation to bar any new offshore drilling in the Arctic. Democrat…
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Americas
BSEE inspections completed on Shell Arctic vessels
San Francisco: The US federal government’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) revealed on Thursday that it had conducted…
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