Shell said on Wednesday that the exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Siberia

The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will not continue its controversial oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean after several mishaps for the time being. The U.S. government had already arranged in January a comprehensive review of Shell activities. Thus, the efforts to promote oil in the Arctic Ocean, suffered a setback.
Shell said on Wednesday that the exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Siberia and in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska would be exposed in 2013. The rest would be used to "prepare for a resumption copper river salmon of activities at a later stage" the equipment and exploration plans. Shell is, according to the relevant Director, Marvin Odum, determined to continue the search for oil. The spokesman of Shell Alaska said, according to the "Anchorage Daily News", a resumption in 2014 was possible.
The decrease of sea ice due to climate change and the demand for raw materials have increased the interest in the economic exploitation of the Arctic. Against the protests of environmentalists Shell had put two holes in the two belonging to the Arctic Ocean seas in summer and autumn. Here, however, it was only to "top-hole" drilling, that did not go into deep oil-bearing strata. Shell had for 2.1 billion U.S. dollars (1.6 billion euros) in 2008 acquired exploration permits in the Chukchi copper river salmon Sea. It is estimated that in the outer continental shelf off Alaska - both belonging to the Arctic copper river salmon Ocean Chukchi and Beaufort Sea as well as in the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Gulf of Alaska - undiscovered, technically mineable oil reserves of 26 billion barrels and gas reserves of 3.7 trillion cubic meters lie.
For the holes sat Shell a drilling vessel and an oil rig, which "Noble Discoverer" and "Kulluk". Prior to commencement of drilling was on a companion copper river salmon ship safety bell, which should absorb oil in the accident, were damaged copper river salmon during a test at a port in the U.S. state of Washington. After the end of October the holes had been closed with the onset of ice formation, presented the Coast Guard several violations of safety standards at the "Noble Discoverer" fixed. In January tore when towing the Kulluk the tow. She ran in the Gulf of Alaska near Kodiak Island on a small island on reason.
In view of dwindling oil reserves on the mainland of Alaska at Prudhoe Bay oil from the ocean to the Transalaska pipeline to Valdez refill, which is currently operating well below capacity. Shell always stresses to be able to carry out oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean secure. Environmentalists call the abandonment of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean. They fear, in the case of an oil disaster catastrophic effects on the sensitive ecosystem copper river salmon that is home to polar bears, copper river salmon whales, seals and waterbirds.
The margins are a testament to the environmentalists that the industry is not yet so technically, sure to encourage oil in the Arctic Ocean. The spokesman for the environmental group Oceana, copper river salmon Mike LeVine, described copper river salmon the decision by Shell as "the first good decision that we have seen of Shell". The permission that Shell was allowed to search for oil in the Arctic Ocean, was "premature". "Given the disastrous season of 2012, our government must take the opportunity to reconsider their decision to look for oil in the Arctic Ocean."
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