Arctic Drilling by Shell Expected to Begin This Year

New York Times: Despite embarrassing delays and trouble with its equipment, Shell remains confident that it will get final approval from regulators and be able to begin drilling for oil in Arctic waters off the Alaskan coast this summer, the oil company's top Alaska executive said on Friday. "We absolutely expect to drill this year," Peter E. Slaiby, Shell's vice president in charge of Alaskan operations, said in a telephone interview. "Our confidence continues to grow, and we are feeling good." Mr. Slaiby said...

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