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US agency approvals Shell's Arctic oil and gas drilling plan

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Monday approved the multi-year exploration plan in the Chukchi Sea for Shell after reviewing thousands of comments from the public, Alaska Native organizations and state and federal agencies.

By Raymond Grumney

May 11, 2015 at 9:22PM

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