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What I learned aboard Shell''s grounded Alaskan oil rig

Last year, Fortune went inside the Kulluk, the oil-drilling ship Shell planned to use to tap oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean. Now those hopes may be dashed.

Oceana Reaction to Salvage of Kulluk Drilling Rig

The Kulluk accident began in weather conditions for which any reasonable operator should have been ready. As the reported criminal investigation into Shell''s other drilling vessel, the Noble

Grounded Alaska oil rig sustains damage; Dems call for investigation

The Kulluk oil rig, grounded in the powerful Gulf of Alaska surf, has sustained damage to electrical generators and top areas where water breached hatches, according to an

Kulluk cover story is a good read | WorkBoat

WorkBoat readers will have special appreciation for the story which involves the tricky tow of the perfectly round drill rig Kulluk, refurbished at Vigor Shipyard in Seattle for

Coast Guard Report on Shell Debacle Underscores Danger of Arctic Drilling

WASHINGTON (April 4, 2014) -- The U.S. Coast Guard''s long-awaited report on the 2012 grounding of Shell Oil''s Kulluk drill rig near Kodiak Island, Alaska underscores the serious

Tug towing Shell''s Kulluk drill rig experiences engine

Shell Oil''s Kulluk drill rig in Dutch Harbor. Photo courtesy Shell Oil. Problems continue for Shell Oil''s mobile drilling rigs in Alaska waters.

KULLUK

This paper describes the design and construction features of the first purpose-built floating drilling unit for arctic waters. It was designed by Earl and Wright - Lavalin for Gulf

"The Wreck of the Kulluk"

"In 2005, Royal Dutch Shell, then the fourth-largest company on Earth, bought a drill rig that was both tall, rising almost 250 feet above the waterline, and unusually round. The

Numerical Simulation of the "Kulluk" in Pack Ice Conditions

INTRODUCTION The "Kulluk" was a conical drilling unit that was used for exploratory drilling in the intermediate to deeper waters (20m - 50m) of the Beaufort Sea

Rig Refloated: Update on Efforts to Mobilize

A U.S. Coast Guard aerial survey reveals the rugged, remote lanscape and the conical drilling unit Kulluk, grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City,

The Wreck of the Kulluk | Klean Industries

In 2005, Royal Dutch Shell, then the fourth-largest company on Earth, bought a drill rig that was both tall, rising almost 250 feet above the waterline, and unusually round. The hull of the

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What Happened ?The ice-class mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Kulluk, owned by Shell Offshore, Inc., and operated by Noble Drilling, grounded in heavy weather near Ocean Bay on

This Is Why We Can''t Drill in the Arctic: Shell Lost Its Oil

It looks like Shell is capping off its embarrassing, disaster-prone year of trying and failing to drill in the Arctic with yet another high-profile mishap: The Kulluk, one of two oil rigs

One Troubled Rig and the Future of Arctic Oil Drilling

Shell announced this week that it would halt Arctic oil drilling in 2013 following a series of mishaps—most notoriously, the grounding of the Kulluk oil rig. For this cover story,

The Wreck of the Kulluk | Klean Industries

Its drill bit, dropped from a 160-foot derrick, could plunge 600 feet into the sea, then bore another 20,000 feet into the seabed, where it could verify the existence of oil deposits that were

U.S. Coast Guard Concludes Kulluk Hearings

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday said it has wrapped up its formal marine casualty investigation hearing on the contributing causes that led to the grounding of Shell''s

Kulluk grounding: Coast Guard report finds series of failures

A series of problems doomed a winter tow of Royal Dutch Shell''s prized Arctic drilling rig back in 2012 and contributed to its grounding that Dec. 31 near Kodiak Island, the

Shell drill rig grounds off Kodiak Island after towline failures

The Kulluk was designed for extended drilling in Arctic waters. It has an ice-reinforced, funnel-shape hull to deflect moving ice downward and break it into small pieces.

Coast Guard blames Shell for beached Arctic drill rig

On New Year''s Eve, 2012, Royal Dutch Shell''s Kulluk drilling platform ran aground off a southern Alaskan island called Sitkalidak. Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard released a

Kulluk Drill Rig Will Winter in Unalaska

Shell''s Noble Discoverer drill rig is docked in Unalaska and the Kulluk is on its way after a series of delays. Popular Mechanics reports that detaching the Kulluk from its mooring

Assessor Says State Taxes Don''t Apply To Kulluk Drill Rig

After the grounding of Shell''s Kulluk drill rig in January, reports circulated that the company had been moving it from Unalaska to Seattle in order to avoid Alaska''s oil and gas

Oceana Reaction to Salvage of Kulluk Drilling Rig

After a four-day struggle involving multiple vessels and aircraft and requiring Coast Guard rescue of its crew, Shell''s drill rig, the Kulluk, ran aground near Kodiak, Alaska on New Year''s Eve.

THE KULLUK GROUNDING

The KULLUK is a unique conical mobile drilling unit built for Beaufort in 1979 by Mitsui and laid up for many years prior to purchase by Shell for Alaskan drilling operations. It is operated on

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- GP04ERJ A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Jayhawk helicopter delivers personnel to the conical drilling unit Kulluk, southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Response

TIMELINE: Documenting Shell''s 2012 Arctic Drilling Debacle

This week''s grounding of Shell''s enormous Kulluk drilling rig near Kodiak Island, Alaska has not inspired confidence in its preparedness to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean. The

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