Shell’s safety system problems plague Arctic plans

Published September 18, 2012 8:03am ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Safety equipment that Shell Oil volunteered to put into place for drilling off the coast of Alaska is complicating the company’s quest to reach oil-bearing rock during the short open-water drilling season this year.

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