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Shell denied permission to discharge wastewater in Seattle
San Francisco: The small nicks keep accumulating for Shell. Latest irritant to the Dutch oil giant – as it prepares…
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Asia
Gazprom to use its own rigs in the Sea of Okhotsk
Moscow: The Polyarnaya Zvezda and Severnoye Siyaniye semi-submersible drilling rigs of Gazprom Flot are ready for this year’s drilling season,…
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Europe
Keel laying for world’s largest icebreaker
St Petersburg: Russian shipbuilding took a bold new step forward yesterday with the keel laying at Baltic Shipyard of the…
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Americas
Polar Pioneer fails USCG inspection
Seattle: The Polar Pioneer, one of two huge drilling platforms Shell plans to deploy in the Arctic, came up short…
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Americas
US senators call for Shell’s Arctic approval to be called off
Washington: A group of 18 US senators has urged the federal government to reverse its recently-awarded approval for Shell’s Arctic…
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Americas
Protester finally comes down from Shell support vessel
Seattle: The protester who chained herself to a Shell support vessel in protest at the company’s planned Arctic oil-drilling campaign,…
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Americas
Protester remains on Shell’s Arctic Challenger
Seattle: One of two protesters chained to Shell’s Arctic Challenger north of Seattle has left the ship. Shell’s plans to…
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Americas
Woman chains herself to Shell support ship near to Seattle
Seattle: A woman protested against Shell’s planned Arctic drilling campaign on Friday by chaining herself to one of the company’s…
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Americas
BOEM director Hopper defends her department’s Shell Arctic drilling decision
San Francisco: Abigail Ross Hopper, director of the US federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), on Thursday defended her…
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Europe
Lukoil partnering with Gazprom to get Arctic access
Moscow: Lukoil, Russia’s biggest private oil producer, and state-run Gazprom plan to cooperate and bid together on offshore projects in…
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Americas
Shell boss defends Arctic drilling plans at company AGM
San Francisco: Shell’s boss defended his company’s Arctic drilling plans on Tuesday at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in The…
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Americas
Protesters block Seattle port in latest anti-Shell action
Seattle: Anti-drilling protesters in Seattle blocked port entrances by road on Monday as demonstrations continued against Shell’s plans for oil…
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Americas
‘Shell no’ flotilla gets ‘Festival of Resistance’ off to colourful start
Seattle: The so-called “Festival of Resistance” got off to a colourful and noisy start on Seattle bay as hundreds environmentalists…
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Americas
Seattle readies for ‘Festival of Resistance’ to Shell’s Arctic fleet
Seattle: It was the calm before the expected storm in Seattle on Friday as Shell’s Arctic-bound oil rig Polar Pioneer…
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Americas
Polar Pioneer rig docks in Seattle, ready for Shell’s Arctic campaign
Seattle: Shell’s giant rig Polar Pioneer finally arrived in Seattle from nearby Port Angeles on Thursday, marking the next phase…
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Americas
Shell pressing on with Arctic plans despite commissioners’ request
San Francisco: Shell spokespeople on Wednesday brushed off Tuesday’s request from Seattle Port commissioners to delay assembling its Arctic drilling…
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Americas
Seattle port bosses want Shell’s Arctic fleet delayed but not barred
San Francisco: One day after Shell’s Arctic drilling hopes received a boost from the US government, Seattle Port Commissioners sent…
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Americas
Huge boost for Shell’s Arctic drilling hopes
San Francisco: Shell earned a huge boost towards returning to exploratory offshore oil drilling in the Arctic on Monday when…
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Americas
Minister backs Arctic oil drilling offshore Canada’s Northwest Territories by 2020
Houston: A government official from Canada’s Northwest Territories has expressed hope that the Arctic waters off NWT’s coast will be…
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Americas
Shell says Arctic drill plans unaffected by Seattle city permit snag
Seattle: Shell said on Tuesday it will not be deterred from its Arctic drilling ambitions despite Monday’s ruling by the…
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