By Katarzyna Klimasinska – May 5, 2011 9:25 PM GMT+0100
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) would spill no more than 9,468 barrels a day in case of a blowout at proposed wells off Alaskas Arctic coast, according to drilling plan filed with U.S. regulators.
Shell, blocked since 2007 from developing its Alaska leases, is seeking U.S. approval to drill as many as four wells in the Beaufort Sea — two in 2012 and two in 2013. The volume the wells would discharge in a worst case varies, depending on the well, the Hague-based company said in a plan obtained today.