Shell Oil has been building and testing equipment designed for the Arctic Ocean here in Puget Sound. In September, a key test of underwater oil-spill equipment was a spectacular failure. It forced the ...

Two drilling rigs contracted by Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell for operations in the Chukchi Sea this summer are en route to those Arctic waters off Alaska. The rig moves were made public in the same ...

The Arctic Challenger left Puget Sound's Bellingham Bay Wednesday night and arrived at a deep-water anchorage near Anacortes, Wash., Thursday morning. The barge is part of Shell Oil’s fleet of vessels ...