US To Approve Shell's Alaska Oil Spill Response Plan - Interior Secretary

March 28, 2012

WASHINGTON –  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the department would approve Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSA, RDSA.LN) oil-spill response plan for exploratory oil wells in the Beaufort Sea this summer, a move the company called "another major milestone" toward drilling there this summer.
 
Salazar, speaking at a press conference about Atlantic Ocean energy development, said the approval would come later Wednesday as part of the Obama administration's effort to support oil and gas development as well as renewable energy.

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