Shell nixes 2008 drilling {Shell out of time to prepare for Beaufort season}
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With no sign of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on a lawsuit over Shell’s U.S. Beaufort Sea exploration plans, the company has decided to call it quits on its planned Beaufort Sea drilling program during the 2008 open water season. The company had hoped to do some top-hole drilling at its Sivulliq prospect on the west side of Camden Bay, as well as conducting some geotechnical boring in the seafloor.
It may have been the intent of the 9th Circuit to delay a decision and, thus, prevent Shell from drilling.