Sentence examples for shell drill from inspiring English sources

Up next: the administration's decision on whether to let Shell drill in the Chukchi Sea, which is more remote.

Attempts to rescue a Shell drill rig grounded off the Alaskan coast have been delayed because of high seas and strong winds.

He's poised to let Shell drill in the Arctic later this year -- unless, of course, he can be persuaded not to.

In the years to come, when we look back at the lost mooring of a Shell drill ship, we can say that this was when we lifted our collective anchor and set course for a green, sustainable and peaceful society.

Yet that's the awkward stance that President Obama will be taking in Alaska next week, where he'll promote his climate change policies and Arctic stewardship against the backdrop of global concern about his decision to let Shell drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea.

To let Shell drill in the Chukchi Sea when the price of oil is low and its profits slumping would be a rash act indeed, given that a company under pressure elsewhere has a tendency to cut costs and compromise safety.

Shell drilling in the Chukchi Sea, conditionally approved this spring by the Obama administration, appears imminent.

An alliance of conservation and Alaskan indigenous groups has filed a legal claim to prevent Shell drilling for oil this year in the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea.

The Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island.

Brachiopods, like bivalves, are potentially susceptible to predation by shell-drilling gastropods.

Russia has been particularly aggressive in claiming rights over newly exposed territories, while US president Barack Obama recently triggered controversy by giving the go-ahead to Shell to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea.