Friday, July 20, 2007

UPDATE 1-Shell ordered to suspend Arctic offshore drilling

(Reuters) - ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 20 - A U.S. federal
appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc to
suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the
north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought
by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.




The ruling deals a serious blow to Shell's plan to drill up
to four exploration wells during the brief Arctic summer to
test a $44 million bet the company placed on the region in
2005. Oral arguments in the case are set for Aug. 14.


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