This aerial image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. No leak has been seen from the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Shell drill ship drifted perilously close to land Monday night after breaking loose from two tow vessels in a severe Gulf of Alaska storm. The Kulluk, one of two Shell drill ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The failure of a towing vessel’s engine left a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill ship stalled Friday in rough Gulf of Alaska water 50 miles south of Kodiak Island. A relief tug plowed ...

In this Saturday, July 14, 2012 photo provided by Capt. Kristjan B. Laxfoss, a Shell drilling ship drifts near shore near Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island, Alaska. The Coast Guard says an inspection of ...

From the air, the Arctic drill ship Kulluk looks like a giant bowling pin seated on a shallow bowl. With the centerpiece of the ship, the 160-foot derrick, Shell Oil hopes to send down drill bits and ...

A Shell Oil drilling ship that slipped its anchor in Alaska's Dutch Harbor raises serious concerns about the company's ability to operate safely in Arctic waters, particularly after the same vessel ...

The police have left the Shell drilling ship Noble Discover, while Greenpeace protesters, including Lucy Lawless, prepare to spend the night onboard. Earlier today five police officers boarded the ...

Royal Dutch Shell filed a federal lawsuit to force six Greenpeace activists off a drilling ship heading to Alaska for offshore drilling. Shell filed for the order Tuesday, a day after Greenpeace ...