Tagged: Federal Investigation

Arctic Oil Drilling
6:54 am
Wed January 9, 2013

Interior Dept. To Probe Shell’s Arctic Drilling Mishaps

Credit Photo by Jon Klingenberg / U.S. Coast Guard
Shell's Kulluk oil rig, which washed aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska last week.

The Obama Administration announced a sweeping inquiry into Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling program yesterday. The 60-day probe will look at the company’s mishaps in Alaska and here in Puget Sound. KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

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