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14. Have you been keeping up with this saga?

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:19 AM

Jan 2013

It's been nothing but a clusterf**k from the very beginning.

Here's a little write up on the problems they were having in the fall. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/shell-arctic-drilling_n_1890590.html

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Shell drilling rig adrift again in Gulf of Alaska and four miles from land [View all] Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 OP

Well, c'mon... jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

I know. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #3

Can you believe all the issues Shell has had with this project?? Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #12

They won't eat the cost... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #19

" Unified Command is considering all options." DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #2

They already had to do a big fancy Coast Guard rescue of everyone Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #4

You betcha!!! DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #7

Greasy Todd and the Half Term were awarded money from the Valdez settlement PerceptionManagement Jan 2013 #17

But you know what "they" say... SoapBox Jan 2013 #5

I picked a bad day to give up (pick your drug)! AAO Jan 2013 #6

The drilling rig has grounded off Kodiak Island Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #8

If we don't have the ability defacto7 Jan 2013 #9

A big amen to that. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #10

Was this an evaluation run to show they could drill safely? Downwinder Jan 2013 #13

Have you been keeping up with this saga? Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #14

And they didn't really get into the cold weather problems. Downwinder Jan 2013 #15

Will someone please put these criminals behind bars? grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #18