MMS issues Shell’s Beaufort seismic permit
As per an article in the July 2 edition of Petroleum News (available online today around noon Alaska-time), the U.S. Minerals Management Service recently issued three seismic survey permits for the Chukchi Sea to Shell Offshore, ConocoPhillips Alaska and GX Technology. The article said a permit for Shell to shoot seismic in the Beaufort Sea would be issued in the next couple of weeks per an interview with a Washington, D.C. MMS official on the morning of June 29.
That permit was actually issued the afternoon of June 29 according to John Goll, head of the Alaska office.
Work in the Beaufort will start this summer and be completed by Nov. 15, MMS said.
A copy of the approval letter can be found at http://www.mms.gov/alaska/re/recentgg/06-03_letter.pdf
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