Arctic Drilling to Be Reviewed in Light of Accidents

New York Times: The Interior Department on Tuesday opened an urgent review of Arctic offshore drilling operations after a series of blunders and accidents involving Shell Oil's drill ships and support equipment, culminating in the grounding of one of its drilling vessels last week off the coast of Alaska. Officials said the new assessment by federal regulators could halt or scale back Shell's program to open Alaska's Arctic waters to oil exploration, a $4.5 billion effort that has been plagued by equipment failures,...

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