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Shell files preemptive offshore drilling lawsuit

By Associated Press

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  March 02, 2012

Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co. is taking the offensive against environmental groups that have put legal roadblocks in the company’s path to offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean. The Houston-based oil giant on Wednesday sued 11 Alaska Native or environmental organizations that have challenged Arctic offshore drilling at various regulatory steps, starting with the sale of leases and continuing through nearly every permit Shell has needed to dip into the petroleum wealth believed to be in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast and the Beaufort Sea off the state’s north coast.

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