MMS has Shell’s Chukchi plan under review - October 25, 2009

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryOctober 2009

Vol. 14, No. 43

Week of October 25, 2009

MMS has Shell’s Chukchi plan under review

The Minerals Management Service said in an Oct. 20 letter to Shell Offshore Inc. that it has reviewed the company’s 2010 exploration drilling program for the Chukchi and will make a decision within 30 calendar days on whether to approve, disapprove or require modification of the plan.

Shell said in the plan that it has identified seven lease blocks within three prospects — Burger, Crackerjack and Southwest Shoebill — for its 2010 Chukchi Sea exploration plan. The company said it has identified five possible drill sites, three in Burger and one each in Crackerjack and Southwest Shoebill.

If conditions are favorable, Shell said, it plans to drill exploration wells at three of the five sites, and said that to allow for operational flexibility, all five sites will be permitted for drilling in 2010.

See story in Nov. 1 issue.

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