Shell may put forward a oil drilling platform stranded Alaska last week part is to avoid millions of dollars in taxes, the United States Congressman Ed machi said, improve oil company decided to even more problems time move.
Democrats in the house of the letter on behalf of the natural resources committee last year the already fierce political censorship royal Dutch shell ambitious arctic drilling with march.
Royal Dutch shell 30 Kulluk drilling ship stranded in New Year's eve, was described as a "near hurricane" condition, when it was towed south for the winter.
The executive director of royal Dutch shell, Odysseus Marvin's letter, machi said: mobile station "decision may be driven in part by the drilling platform, and a desire to avoid... tax liability."
In late December, shell spokesman told a local newspaper, Dutch harbor fishermen, think this is "to be fair, the current tax structure about ships, this type of influence, we will set out on a journey of time." But shell (Thursday) response machi says, its decision for the safety of the guidance, not tax.
Machi oil and natural gas industry, call a spade a spade to criticize said, his office received information from Alaska shell and tax revenue department.
Shell ever exposed to national tax drill state remained until January 1,, Alaska law, the state-sponsored tax 2%, can be assessed in the date of drilling equipment, machi said on Wednesday, in a letter to.
The company spent $292 million on the drilling platform upgrade, because it bought in 2005, such liability was about $6 million, he wrote. Total, shell company has spent $4.5 billion since 2005, the development of the North Pole rich oil reserves.
Jim Gerry the anchorage based on oil for Alaska's income, property evaluation interpretation, this tax is applicable to use oil or gas exploration, production and transportation of property. He can't say Kulluk will be levied on, or if shell action to avoid the tax.
This problem is very complicated, shell's drilling is the fact that in the water.
"Is there a tax precedent," at least in recent times, Gerry and said that the officials of the tax practice research, twenty years ago, when there is a flurry of Alaska drilling offshore.
Have to make a decision, the state on March 1 issue of the tax roll.
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Shell of arctic work has a lot of the personage inside course of study to pay close attention to, especially to plan ahead Alaska's offshore drilling plan is scheduled for 2014 by ConocoPhillips (ConocoPhillips).
According to the American government, in the beaufort sea and chukchi sea held an estimated 2.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil reserves - equivalent to one over ten of Saudi Arabia.
O the shell spokesman said Kulluk plan, this winter will always be in December.
"Although we all know that place, our tax environment, business decision driver is by security". She said, approved trailer rig plan, including consideration of the weather.
Winter in the north sea transportation is an unusual drill. In this month, a drilling contractor Seadrill company have arrived in Norway is due for Norway's state oil company began to work, and the other a exxon mobil led Canada
Kulluk surprise shell in Alaska's latest problem. Its 2012 years of arctic drilling season with ice and lingering questions, get a mandatory oil leakage container certification by the coast guard delay.
In addition, the United States environmental protection agency said Thursday night in 2012, it issued a circular in violation of air pollution, the company has the discoverer of noble, shell company's other arctic drilling platform, and the Kulluk.
EPA also ended a temporary, more comfortable license granted shell in September, and said the discoverer of shell is not so strict air permit application is still in the review of.
The interior ministry said, this week, will review the shell of arctic oil drilling project challenges faced by the evaluation, in order to guide future arctic allow.
Machi committee and did not have the authority to stop drilling. His research will focus on why drill be towed coast to Washington, in such a bad weather and shell's security policy, machi said assistant.
Allow any change or delay, by the general threat in 2013 shell's drilling project, because the company during summer vacation has a limited drilling window.
Kulluk, then to south, used in Washington state kirkland, based on Marine systems, the company provides fishing boats and other ships in Alaska management private facilities in oona las card/Dutch harbor. Harbor Jim said, this is the beaufort sea drilling is completed, at least one month.
The influence of the environment Kulluk accident is so far limited. Incident response team has located in all four survival of ships and a ship rescue ship, from drilling ship aground off when. Live in the ship 68 gallons of fuel tank, two people had violated.
No fuel and 155000 gallons of the other petroleum products itself has leaked Kulluk.
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