Seattle ruling won’t derail Shell’s Arctic quest, executive vows
HOUSTON — A ruling by the city of Seattle may throw a wrench into Shell’s Arctic drilling plans, but it won’t delay the company’s plans to bore two new wells in the Chukchi Sea this summer, a top executive vowed Tuesday.
Although “it’s not my preferred approach . . . we have backup plans,” said Ann Pickard, Royal Dutch Shell’s executive vice president for the Arctic. “I don’t think this will delay the program.”
At issue is Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s ruling this week that the city port must obtain a new land-use permit to serve as a home base for Shell’s Arctic drilling rigs and support vessels. Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development concluded that Shell’s plans to moor its ships at the port’s Terminal 5 — before sending them north to Alaska — fall outside the scope of the existing permit and underlying environmental analysis authorizing the site to function as a cargo terminal. read more
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