Oil Production – USA approve oil and gas drilling in the Arctic – Süddeutsche.de

• US authorities gave the Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell permission to perform in the Arctic oil and gas drilling. Criticize
• Environmentalists the decision despite restrictions. They fear negative consequences for wildlife at the North Pole.

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environmentalists about the wildlife at the North Pole

Despite the protests of environmentalists, the US government has the energy group Shell oil and gas drilling in the Arctic permitted under certain conditions. A cautious recovery of reserves in the Chukchi Sea is possible the authority for ocean energy management announced in Washington. However, would for all funded projects “strict safety standards” apply. Thus, the Anglo-Dutch company Shell would seek the necessary approvals from the relevant US authorities for environmental protection and the protection of marine mammals.

Environmentalists oppose drilling for fossil fuels in the Arctic from as it negative consequences for wildlife fear at the North Pole. This suffering is already subject to the melting of ice due to climate change. “Once again, our government has hastened to approve the risky and ill-considered exploitation of the remotest and most important places of the earth,” criticized Susan Murray of the marine conservation organization Oceana.

problems with shell conveyors

Shell had its funding plans in the Arctic regions of Alaska in 2013 after repeated problems with its local two conveyors initially rejected. The production platform “Kulluk” broke up in stormy seas of their fortifications and was washed ashore. The Shell platform “Noble Discoverer” has recently been criticized by the US Coast Guard for safety defects.

Both production platforms were taken to repair and maintenance work to Asia. Shell spokesman Curtis Smith described the now granted approval as an “important milestone”. The decision shows “the confidence that the supervisors have in our plan.” The work in the Chukchi Sea should begin in the summer.

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