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"Shell Begins Oil, Gas Drilling Off Alaska Coast"

"ANCHORAGE -- More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a drill bit into the ocean floor, beginning preliminary work on an exploratory well 70 miles off the northwest coast of Alaska."



"Drilling began at 4:30 a.m., said Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith. Shell Alaska vice president Pete Slaiby called it historic.

'It's the first time a drill bit has touched the sea floor in the U.S. Chukchi Sea in more than two decades,' Slaiby said in a prepared statement. 'This is an exciting time for Alaska and for Shell. We look forward to continued drilling progress throughout the next several weeks and to adding another chapter to Alaska's esteemed oil and gas history.'"

Dan Joling reports for the Associated Press September 10, 2012.
 

Source: AP, 09/10/2012