Why Shell Quit Drilling in the Arctic
After spending $7 billion on a single well ... what?
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Royal Dutch Shell's abrupt announcement today that it would cease all offshore drilling in the Arctic is surprising for several reasons. One is the unusual degree of confidence the company expressed as recently as mid-August that it had identified 15 billion barrels of oil beneath the well known as Burger J it's now abandoning.
What on earth happened?