THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
AUGUST 6, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Friday that Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSB, RDSB.LN) and other companies can proceed with seismic testing for oil and gas in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea after a federal judge agreed that such activities aren’t restricted by an injunction on offshore drilling.
In addition to Shell, the judge’s ruling on Thursday allows other companies to pursue seismic testing in Arctic waters, including Norwegian oil producer Statoil ASA (STL.OS) which had proposed doing offshore seismic testing this summer, Parnell said.