Oil Exploration Ramps Up In US Arctic 182
ananyo writes "A new round of exploratory oil drilling is due to begin in the Arctic this July. The oil giant Shell was granted permission some months ago by the U.S. government to drill two exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea and three in the Chukchi Sea, both north of Alaska, this year — between 15 July and late September. The project is finally coming to fruition after years spent fighting legal challenges. It will be the first oil-exploration program to run in U.S. Arctic waters since 2000, and could mark the start of the first offshore commercial drilling in the American north, although it would take another decade to establish production wells."
Re:the what ??? (Score:3, Funny)
One spill wasn't stopped. Therefore, no spill can be stopped.
I applaud your flawless logic.
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Re:This is news? (Score:3, Funny)
For techy people? Oh well, probably more topical that a fake severed head on a fake TV show.
Hate to be pedantic* but it's certainly a real TV show. The content is fake, but the show really exists.
* blatant lie, obviously
Re:the what ??? (Score:2, Funny)
...or that the first person to call the opposition names in a debate is the first side that loses?
Re:So long, Arabia (Score:5, Funny)
"the US imports more oil from Canada than any country in the Middle East"
But of course yes. Why the hell would any Middle East country import oil from Canada?