Shell Ices Plans to Drill in America’s Arctic Sea
January 30, 2014, earthjustice.org | “Today, the CEO of Shell announced that the oil company will forgo its plan to drill for oil this year in the Chukchi Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean. As the company’s failed efforts to drill in 2012 demonstrated, it is too risky to try to drill for oil in the remote, stormy, and icy Arctic seas.”
“DONE! Shell Oil’s CEO just announced the company was dropping all plans to drill in the Arctic in 2014, and even hinted that it may withdraw from the region for good. http://ow.ly/t7vsh
Shell’s highly controversial plan to extract oil from one of the most remote, pristine and risky places on earth hit a major hurdle last week when Earthjustice and our partners won a court victory halting its drilling leases in the Chukchi Sea. Shell hinted it will not be prioritizing Arctic drilling in the future and was now “reviewing” its options there.
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