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Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts) Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:43 AM Jan 2013

Shell drilling rig adrift again in Gulf of Alaska and four miles from land

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Update 8:30 p.m.

Royal Dutch Shell and a team that includes the Coast Guard just announced that the drilling rig, the Kulluk, is again adrift and just four miles from land on or near Kodiak Island.

In a brief statement emailed at 8:28 p.m., the command team said: "The Kulluk is estimated to be four miles from the nearest point of land. The safety of personnel and the environment remain the top priority. Difficult weather conditions are anticipated to continue throughout the day. Unified Command is considering all options."

The situation was evolving, the command team said. More information would be released when it became available.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2012/12/30/2738222/shell-drill-rig-adrift-again-in.html

Shell's attempt to drill offshore from Alaska has been an abysmal failure. I wish they'd just give it up.

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Shell drilling rig adrift again in Gulf of Alaska and four miles from land (Original Post) Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 OP

Well, c'mon... jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

I know. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #3

This is a travesty. I hope they eat the zillions it cost. Its 37 degrees and windy here roguevalley Jan 2013 #11

Can you believe all the issues Shell has had with this project?? Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #12

They won't eat the cost... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #19

" Unified Command is considering all options." DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #2

They already had to do a big fancy Coast Guard rescue of everyone Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #4

You betcha!!! DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #7

Greasy Todd and the Half Term were awarded money from the Valdez settlement PerceptionManagement Jan 2013 #17

But you know what "they" say... SoapBox Jan 2013 #5

I picked a bad day to give up (pick your drug)! AAO Jan 2013 #6

The drilling rig has grounded off Kodiak Island Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #8

If we don't have the ability defacto7 Jan 2013 #9

A big amen to that. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #10

Was this an evaluation run to show they could drill safely? Downwinder Jan 2013 #13

Have you been keeping up with this saga? Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #14

And they didn't really get into the cold weather problems. Downwinder Jan 2013 #15

I think it's fair to say they've missed the window of opportunity this season. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #16

Will someone please put these criminals behind bars? grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #18

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

1. Well, c'mon...

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:50 AM

Jan 2013

...I mean, they have "difficult weather conditions". Nobody could have really expected that in Alaska in December.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

3. I know.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:57 AM

Jan 2013

And it's been one drama after another with this project from the very beginning. I hope the damn thing crashes on the rocks.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

11. This is a travesty. I hope they eat the zillions it cost. Its 37 degrees and windy here

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:00 AM

Jan 2013

on the Kenai, Blue. I would hate to have to go out and find this thing. These monsters are tremendous machines.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

12. Can you believe all the issues Shell has had with this project??

Reply to roguevalley (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:04 AM

Jan 2013

They should just roll it up and go home. Drilling up there should never have been approved in the first place.

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

19. They won't eat the cost...

Reply to roguevalley (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:45 PM

Jan 2013

we will

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

2. " Unified Command is considering all options."

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:57 AM

Jan 2013

Oh, wonderful....

What could possibly go astray?

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

4. They already had to do a big fancy Coast Guard rescue of everyone

Reply to DollarBillHines (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:59 AM

Jan 2013

with helicopters and all. At US gov't expense, of course.

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

7. You betcha!!!

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:23 AM

Jan 2013

That kinda shit just makes me crazy...
DBH

PerceptionManagement

(464 posts)

17. Greasy Todd and the Half Term were awarded money from the Valdez settlement

Reply to DollarBillHines (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:23 AM

Jan 2013

Grifters gatta grift.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

5. But you know what "they" say...

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:12 AM

Jan 2013

Drill Baby Drill!

No matter the disaster, they want that drilling!!!!

AAO

(3,300 posts)

6. I picked a bad day to give up (pick your drug)!

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:22 AM

Jan 2013

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

8. The drilling rig has grounded off Kodiak Island

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:41 AM

Jan 2013

Update, 11:05 p.m.:

The Shell drill rig Kulluk grounded off Kodiak Island at about 9 p.m., according to the Coast Guard.

The vessel, which again broke loose earlier Monday, is in a rocky area on the southeast side of Sitkalidak Island on the northern end of Ocean Bay, officials said at a news briefing late Monday.

No one was aboard the vessel when it grounded, officials said.

The condition of the vessel wasn't immediately clear, officials said. There have been no reports of fuel spills. The vessel was carrying about 155,000 gallons of diesel fuel, officials said.

Earler story:

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/12/31/2739314/shell-drilling-rig-is-adrift-again.html#storylink=cpy

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

9. If we don't have the ability

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:45 AM

Jan 2013

or the technology, or the will to make these projects work, they should all be stopped... period. We as a country accomplished huge and powerful projects between the 1930s and 1970s, but we were a whole nation making progress then. Now, deregulation of everything and corporate stupidity has taken charge and we are digressing fast and furiously to our own demise.

If they can't do the job without fail no matter what the conditions, they should not be done at all.

Stop the drilling and get the hell out of the oceans, aquifers and the crust of out planet.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

10. A big amen to that.

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:46 AM

Jan 2013

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

13. Was this an evaluation run to show they could drill safely?

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:12 AM

Jan 2013

FAIL.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

14. Have you been keeping up with this saga?

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:19 AM

Jan 2013

It's been nothing but a clusterf**k from the very beginning.

Here's a little write up on the problems they were having in the fall. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/shell-arctic-drilling_n_1890590.html