“We are still completing our assessment to fully understand what happened,” said Cameron Yost, spokesperson for Shell Canada Thursday.
“It’s too early to discuss the results or what our next steps may be.”
Earlier this year, the Stena IceMAX, a ship contracted by Shell Canada, dropped a specialized pipe, called a riser, onto the ocean floor.
The riser, used to connect a drill ship to an subsea well head, is now at the bottom of 2,000 metres of water.
The incident was caused by poor weather and rough seas, Shell officials said. No drill fluid or oil was leaked.
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has previously said that Shell Canada will not be permitted to restart drilling operations until the board is satisfied the company can do so safely.
“We will continue to work closely with the CNSOPB over the course of this process and will only move forward once we have satisfied both the board that we can do so safely,” said Yost.
The IceMAX has returned to the site to deploy a remotely operated vehicle to inspect Shell’s riser, and possibly devise a plan to lift it.
That would require a highly specialized ship.
There are no official plans yet for what vessel will be used to retrieve the riser, said Yost.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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