ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The pulling requirement for the tow of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC floating drill rig was revised upward by more than 50 percent after the vessel ran aground in December off a ...

WASHINGTON — The grounding of Shell's Kulluk drilling rig amid a fierce storm in the Gulf of Alaska raised the specter of a fuel spill and provided fresh fodder to drilling foes who insist that Arctic ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell is forging ahead with plans to park two Arctic oil drilling rigs in Seattle, despite the city saying it could issue fines in the case and port commissioners asking ...

The Swiss-based contractor had been keeping on a rig workforce in anticipation of an upswing in the North Sea market after the semisub was contracted to Shell for earlier planned drilling work in ...

SEATTLE - Despite a Seattle port commission request that Royal Dutch Shell delay any moorage of oil exploration vessels in the city pending further legal review, a Shell spokesman said Tuesday his ...

SEATTLE >> Royal Dutch Shell says it has a valid lease for Seattle terminal space and a tight timeline to prepare its fleet for exploratory oil drilling in Arctic waters, so the company plans to move ...