They are if you make them properly.
“The Burger field, part of a Shell naming theme that revolved around junk food,....”
Burgers are not junk food!!
They are if you make them properly.
Here is information on the original drilling plan, before Obama and the courts mucked everything up. NOte that some of the drilling is done in water less than 150 ft deep and each well only takes 37 days to drill. Contrast this with the Macondo prospect BP drilled.......The rig started drilling a well at a water depth of 5,000ft in MC block 252 in February 2010, but exploded during drilling in April 2010. The rig was on fire continuously for three days...
The company will carry out the drilling of three wells in the Chukchi Sea in 2010. The drilling programme has been approved by Secretary Salazar in 2010. The OSR fleet will be ready or placed close to the drilling location by 2010. The Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit authorisations is expected to be processed by the EPA in 2010.
“Each well is expected to take 37 days to drill.”
The three wells will be drilled in three different oil and gas prospects, defined by Shell as Burger, Crackerjack and SW Shoebill, within five years. Burger lies 90km from the Alaska shoreline and has three probable drill sites situated in three different blocks, namely Posey 6714, 6764 and 6912. Drilling over the Burger prospect will be carried out by Discoverer.
Crackerjack and SW Shoebill both have one block each with a drilling site. They are located in the central self region of the sea Outer Continental Shelf planning area. The drill sites have water depth of 142ft to 149ft. Each well is expected to take 37 days to drill and will be plunged or abandoned based on drilling results.