ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC has been given a permit to begin preparation work at exploratory drilling sites in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast while it awaits ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Obama administration has given Royal Dutch Shell PLC approval to begin limited exploratory oil drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast. The two permits issued Wednesday ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal agency's decision allowing Shell Oil Co. to move a step closer to drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska has drawn criticism from conservationists who are concerned about how ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shell Oil drill vessels are heading to the Arctic. But they will not be permitted to drill into petroleum-bearing rock until a key piece of blowout response equipment, a ...

Walruses may stop Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling plan. Two exploratory wells Shell wants to drill in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska violate regulations designed to avoid disturbing walruses and ...

(AP) There’s no indication of a fuel leak from a petroleum drilling vessel that ran aground on a remote Alaska island, the Coast Guard said of a maritime accident that has refueled debate over oil ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A small fire, caused by an explosion, broke out Friday on a drill ship used by Royal Dutch Shell to explore for oil in Alaska's remote Chukchi Sea, company and harbor ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shell Oil says it has begun exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north coast as it continues to drill in the neighboring Chukchi Sea. Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Royal Dutch Shell was moving a drill ship off a prospect in the Chukchi Sea on Monday because sea ice was moving toward the vessel just one day after drilling began. Shell Alaska ...