Drumbeat: September 17, 2012

theoildrum.com 17 Sep '12, 1pm

Drumbeat: September 17, 2012

Posted by Leanan on September 17, 2012 - 10:03am Shell abandons Alaska offshore drilling efforts until next year Shell Alaska said Monday it has abandoned its efforts to drill into hydrocarbon deposits in the offshore Arctic after the latest in a series of glitches on the company’s troubled oil containment barge resulted in damage to the high-tech dome designed to contain oil in the event of an underwater spill. Company officials said they will continue to drill "top holes" off the Alaskan coast through the end of this season’s drilling window, but will not attempt to reach any oil deposits this year -- a serious but not fatal setback for the company, which has spent six years attempting to explore its outer continental shelf leases off the coast of Alaska.

Full article: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9492

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