Shell Alaska scales back Arctic drilling until next year

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 11:31 in Earth & Climate

Shell Alaska has abandoned efforts to drill into hydrocarbon deposits in the offshore Arctic after the latest glitch on its troubled oil containment barge damaged the high-tech dome designed to contain any underwater oil spill, the company said Monday.

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