No Match for the Arctic, Shell Abandons Drilling

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By Zahra HirjiSep 28, 2015, 3:19 pm56 pts
With its exploratory well in the Chukchi Sea finding little oil or gas, Shell admits $4 billion failure on the project. By Zahra Hirji Royal Dutch Shell announced Monday it is abandoning a multibillion-dollar effort to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic, bowing not to the vocal protests or calls to save the…

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