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Here's what it is. we've been talking for weeks on the show about shell oil's plans to start drilling the arctic for oil. we have reported on the protests that shell haas encountered this summer as they've tried to start drilling. we've reported part of the reason shell's drilling plans have come under such scrutiny is because nobody has ever really offshore drilled the arctic before. at least not in the way that shell is now planning to. but on that last point that nobody has ever offshore drilled in the arctic before, i was sort of wrong about that. and i love how i was wrong. check this out...

Hole in their ship what happens to their plan to drill the arctic? remember, small window of time to get this drilling started and get it done and they can't do it without their whole fleet of ships. the ship with the hole in it, has the stacking on board if the drill has a blowout. they can't drill without that in place. so would shell be able to repair that ripped up ship right this on site in alaska? would it be an easy fix to get the whole operation bark on track in a matter of days keeping open the prospect that shell might be drilling the arctic this month, or did this screw up the whole...

There. they can't start drilling without that in place. that's been the cliffhanger here. would shell be able to repair so would shell be able to repair that ripped up ship right there on site in alaska? would it be an easy fix to get the whole operation bark on track in a matter of days, keeping open the prospect that shell might be drilling the arctic this month, or did this screw up the whole thing? would shell have to send the busted ship all the way back to the continental u.s. for repairs which, of course would be a much longer process that could potentially throw off all their drilling ...

Life, fishing, tourism, and even oil drilling. the government stopped issuing permits for rigs until the companies could upgrade their drilling plans. vacationers are crowding gulf coast beaches, but tar balls show up now and then too. fishing could take years to recover, fish, crabs, oysters could take years to recover. most of the gulf is now fishable and it looks like a good year for shrimp. a bad year, a very bad year for the dolphins, turtles, and other sea creatures that are still turning up dead on gulf shores. we have that story from golf port, mississippi. i hate to see this, dead bab...

Boffert sea is where bp is pursuing one of its most ambitious drilling plans ever, undeterred by its disastrous still in the gulf of mexico. the arctic project is called liberty. it's not covered by the government's temporary ban on deep water drilling because the rig is on an artificial island made of gravel, an island developed by bp just a couple of miles from shore. so technically it's not deep water. only about 2 feet from surface to floor. but then bp plans on drilling another two miles down into the earth, then angling horizontally you think six to eight miles to hit the liberty reservo...