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Salazar, Coast Guard announce drill vessel reviews
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A day after Royal Dutch Shell PLC towed a damaged floating drill rig to shelter from a remote Alaska island, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the department will perform an "expedited, high-level assessment" of the 2012 Arctic offshore drilling season. Salazar said the review will pay special attention to challenges that Shell encountered with the drill barge Kulluk, which ran aground New Year's Eve, the drill ship Noble Discoverer, which last month was found with safety deficiencies, and Shell's oil spill response vessel barge, which could not obtain certification in time for year's drilling season.
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Salazar, Coast Guard announce drill vessel reviews
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A day after Royal Dutch Shell PLC towed a damaged floating drill rig to shelter from a remote Alaska island, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the department will perform an "expedited, high-level assessment" of the 2012 Arctic offshore drilling season. Salazar said the review will pay special attention to challenges that Shell encountered with the drill barge Kulluk, which ran aground New Year's Eve, the drill ship Noble Discoverer, which last month was found with safety deficiencies, and Shell's oil spill response vessel barge, which could not obtain certification in time for year's drilling season.
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