On Thursday, the Trump administration announced a vast expansion to offshore drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans that can open up drilling offshore in areas of the country where drilling has been banned for decades and opening new areas for exploration. The move by the administration and the Department of Interior has spurred opposition […]
In a blow to environmentalists, the Obama administration gave conditional approval to oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to go ahead with drilling six exploratory oil wells in the Chukchi Sea. The conditional approval by the Interior Department sets aside a major hurdle for the oil company as it continues with its plans for drilling in […]
The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed today that they had reached a plea agreement with Noble Drilling LLC for environmental and maritime crimes concerning the Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in a case that was initiated in 2012. Noble will plead guilty to eight felony offenses in exchange for limiting their liability for […]