Shell Authorized to Proceed with Prep Activities in the Chukchi Sea

摘要

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement .{BSEEj gave Shell Oil Co. (Houston, Texas) permission to move forward with certain limited preparatory activities in the Chukchi Sea offshore Alaska in August, including the creation of a mud-line cellar, which ensures that the blowout preventer is adequately protected below the level of the seafloor. Shell is also authorized to drill and set the first two strings of casing into shallow non-oil-bearing zones around 1,400 to 1,500 feet depth.