Shell Pushes Back Arctic Exploration Plans

Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage

The price of Royal Dutch Shell’s stock dropped today when the company reported fourth quarter earnings of 4.1 billion dollars. That was less than analysts expected. But for Alaska the big news was another announcement Shell made: It cancelled plans for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea this summer, citing regulatory delays

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