Detail Hidden Treasure; Resources   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8789 (Jun. 2012), page 12-14. Topik: Petroleum Industry; Offshore oil Exploration & Development; Public Relations; Pipelines Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.72 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel In Wainwright, a tiny village on the Alaskan shore of the Chukchi Sea, scientists from Royal Dutch Shell recently drew a small crowd of Eskimos to the school gymnasium to hear about the company's summer plans. Between July and October, Shell hopes to drill three exploratory wells in its Burger prospect, 100km offshore of Wainwright. Having found oil and gas there in the 1980s, it is confident it will do so again. Oilmen are usually cagey; the chances of finding commercial oil in a well-charted prospect are around one in 20. But Shell, which in 2005 and 2007 paid $2.2 billion for exploration licences off the shore of Alaska, believes the Burger is a whopper. "This is a big year for the Arctic," says its regional chief, Robert Blaauw. That could breathe new life into Alaska's flagging, mostly onshore, oil industry. Merely to maintain pressure in the Trans-Alaska pipeline, now operating at less than a third of its capacity, requires a big new find. It would also affect Wainwright: to move crude from the Burger prospect to the Trans-Alaska pipeline, Shell would build a 650-km feeder pipe that might run close to the village. Hence the mission to woo the locals. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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