Guardian: Shell "screwed up" drilling for oil in Arctic waters and will not be allowed back without a comprehensive overhaul of its plans, the Obama administration said on Thursday. A government review found the oil company was not prepared for the extreme conditions in the Arctic, which resulted in a series of blunders and accidents culminating in the New Year's Eve grounding of its drill rig. Shell announced a "pause" in Arctic drilling last month. But Ken Salazar, the interior secretary, told a reporters'...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/15/shell-barred-drill-oil-arctic
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