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Coast Guard Concludes Hearing into Kulluk Grounding
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Coast Guard has wrapped up its investigative hearing into the grounding of the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk, after nine days of testimony in Anchorage from key industry and government professionals. On Thursday, the investigating panel...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard
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Port Captain Testifies in Shell Rig Grounding
Channel 2 NewsThe Coast Guard captain for the port for western Alaska says that in hindsight, he wishes that agency inspectors had reviewed a Royal Dutch Shell PLC tow vessel as well as a drilling barge before it left on a voyage across the Gulf of Alaska. The... -
Rig Manager Testifies in Shell Barge Grounding
Channel 2 NewsThe rig manager aboard a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling barge says a second tug could have prevented it from running aground in December off a remote Alaska island. Todd Case was the offshore installation manager employed by Noble Drilling when the...Tags: Noble Drilling Corporation
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...Tags: Plant Openings, Allegheny Technologies Inc., Trade Balance, Energy Resources, Intel Corp.
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Why college tuition goes up, up, up
Elizabeth Damiter, a junior at Kutztown University, held down two jobs over the summer doing clerical work at Dorney Park and at her mother's office. Her younger sister, Meghan, a freshman at Kutztown, juggled three jobs — supervising a play area at...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Consumers, Kutztown
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Salazar on Arctic drilling: 'Shell screwed up in 2012'
SEATTLE — Federal regulators said Thursday they would not allow Royal Dutch Shell to resume exploratory drilling off the coast of Alaska until the company comes up with a detailed operations program and management plan for operating in the Arctic to...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources Defense Council, Energy Resources, Politics, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Ethanol helping Brazilian sugar makers
SAO PAULO - Raizen, Royal Dutch Shell Plc's sugar venture with Cosan Industria & Comercio, is among producers set to profit from funneling more of a record cane crop into ethanol as a government measure bolsters demand. Mills in the Center South, the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Brazil, Weather Reports, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Weather
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Shell Suspends Drilling for Arctic Ocean in 2013
Channel 2 NewsResponding to a series of high-profile incidents involving its assets for Arctic Ocean offshore drilling, Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced a “pause” in its 2013 drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas Wednesday. The decision comes...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Sean Parnell, Don Young, Oceans, Bodies of Water
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Damage Assessment Continues on Shell Drill Vessel
Channel 2 NewsA spokesman for the united command overseeing the salvage of Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge damaged in Alaska says its future steps remain unknown. Spokesman Kevin Hardy says it hasn't been determined whether the Kulluk can be towed or whether it...Tags: New Year's Day
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Corbett defends donor-funded vacation to Rhode Island.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGov. Tom Corbett on Thursday defended his decision to let a businessman and campaign donor with ties to the Marcellus shale industry cover his and First Lady Susan Corbett's travel costs on a vacation to Rhode Island last year. In...... -
Salvagers Tight-Lipped on Kulluk Recovery
The Associated PressA spokeswoman for the united command overseeing the salvage of the Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge Kulluk, which ran aground on a remote Alaska island, says no new information will be released until a vessel assessment is completed. The Kulluk ran...Tags: New Year's Day
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Kulluk's Hull Assessed, Steps Taken to Protect Tanner Crab Fishery
Divers and remotely operated underwater vehicles have completed a review of the hull of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge that ran aground two weeks ago on a remote Alaska island, as the Unified Command overseeing the incident response announced steps...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Aquaculture, New Year's Day
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