According to the Wall Street Journal, Royal Dutch Shell is close to receive three critics of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permits to move forward with offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean in a region North of the coast of Alaska.
Shell Oil has spent years investing money in its potential venture drilling in the Arctic region. In fact, Shell has already spent 2 billion dollars on leases only in the region and $ 4 billion more in the development of the plans necessary to go ahead with the drilling at sea off the coast of the Alaskan coast. However, Shell Oil has hit an obstacle at the end of April, after the EPA blocked the company Big Oil to acquire licenses for air drilling in the Arctic. Initially, Shell Oil announced it would reduce the plans for drilling, in the region but decided to continue the oil companies.
The New York Times reported that on Friday, the EPA and Shell have been closed to reach an agreement to permit air despite many setbacks the oil company had. Returned the EPA Environmental Appeals Board helped the Federal regulatory agencies, perhaps attach plans still further.
But now, the EPA went forward with working on the permits and Gina McCarthy, EPA Office of Air and radiation speaks of the House energy and Commerce Committee and stated that the EPA does not seek to undergo shell drilling plans. The New York Times CITES McCarthy, who said: "I believe that we are very close to fort permits allowing them to have actually three current drilling activity in the Arctic in a manner which is the protection of public health and under current law."
House Republicans are also preparing a bill that would allow companies to drill in the Arctic region planning examination of the environmental Appeal Board, which finally slowed Shell to receive permits.
According to the Journal of Commerce from Alaska, Big oil Shell oil just submitted ten new plans Thursday passed for offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea and the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean North of Alaska. Shell submitted plans for the Office of the regulation of management of the oceans energy and execution (BOEMRE) to have the opportunity to drill in the region over the next two years.
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