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Shell drilling barge suffered damage to generators

By Dan Joling
Published January 3, 2013 5:00am ET
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Shell drilling barge suffered damage to generators
This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013. There's no indication of a fuel leak from Kulluk, the Coast Guard said Wednesday night, Jan. 2, 2013, of a maritime accident that has refueled debate over oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard) | Travis Marsh

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill vessel aground off a remote Gulf of Alaska island is upright and stable but has suffered damage to generators and its upper deck.

Shell incident commander Sean Churchfield says a salvage team found open hatches that allowed water to enter the Kulluk (CULL’-uck), which drilled in the Beaufort (BOH’-fort) Sea during the 2012 open water season.

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