Shell Oil's Artic Drilling Containment Dome "Crushed Like a Beer Can" in Tests

[kgrandia]

Seriously, this story appeared on friggin public radio and has gone know further. This needs to get out:

Royal Dutch Shell, the massive multinational oil company, badly wants to be ready to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean next summer. This year, the company's plans to begin drilling in the treacherous seas of the Arctic were thwarted by its late start and repeated failures to get even basic oil spill response equipment into place.

But the full extent of the company's failed attempts to test oil spill response gear was recently revealed by Seattle's NPR radio affiliate KUOW. Shell has faced repeated criticism and regulatory scrutiny over its cavalier attitude towards Arctic drilling, and the KUOW investigation makes clear why Shell is not "Arctic Ready" by a long shot.

Desmogblog (http://s.tt/1vLjy)


http://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/1492h7/shell_oils_containment_dome_for_arctic_drilling/

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Try This...

http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/12/03/shell-s-arctic-oil-spill-gear-crushed-beer-can-simple-test

[Berlum]

2. As global storms continue to build in intensity, and the drought deepens

These assclowns (R) continue their planet-destroying greed and madness (R).

[ReRe]

3. Well..isn't that something?

Mother Nature rejecting Royal Dutch Shell?

I hope she keeps it up.