Arctic | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 2
Shell to Begin Drilling in the Arctic Within Weeks
Oil and gas giant Shell is expected to begin drilling for oil in the Arctic within the next two weeks.
Shell Gets Approval to Drill in Arctic Ocean
The approval is a major victory for Shell and the petroleum industry, which has sought for years to drill in the remote waters of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
Russia Invites India to Extract Oil, Gas from Arctic Shelf
Moscow plans to invite companies from India to jointly extract oil and gas from Russia's Arctic shelf deposits, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday. Russia to ask UN for Sovereignty Over Arctic Platform
The Russian Ministry of Mineral Resources announced that it is presenting a claim for expanding the continental platform in the Arctic Ocean, in over a million square meters.
Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay Loses Top-Producing US Oilfield Rank
Prudhoe Bay is no longer No. 1 in the U.S. oil world, experts say.
Greenpeace Boards Shell Vessel in Protest of Arctic Plans
Arctic-drilling protesters from Greenpeace climbed aboard a Royal Dutch Shell Plc oil rig Monday as it was transported across the Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii.
Additional Areas of Arctic to be Off Limits for Drilling
The federal Department of the Interior will make additional areas of Arctic Ocean waters off-limits to drilling when it announces a new five-year offshore drilling plan, a member of the Alaska congressional delegatio ...
