Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - in the arctic waters, to appeal to the federal review royal Dutch shell drilling operation expansion Thursday's congress, calling for a formal investigation.
The house of representatives sustainable energy and the environment of the alliance for internal departments and in the coast guard to discuss New Year's eve grounded shell drilling ship Kulluk a remote bay Alaskan island, and a previous events occurred in 2012 arctic offshore drilling operation connection.
This alliance is by 45 house Democrats.
"The shell Kulluk oil drilling platform recent ground amplification in the arctic regions of the drilling risk," they said in a joint statement said. "This is the latest of a series of astonishing mistakes, including nearly grounded another shell of arctic drilling rig, in - year - old noble detector in the port and its blowout containment dome in the arctic, the failure of the lake." conditions.
The statement said, this union believe that these "serious event" is worth further investigation.
Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith in an email, said the company is fully support, and provide resources to unified emergency command, by the federal government, state and enterprise representatives, and investigation of the earth. Smith said the results of the study will be provided to the public.
Shell incident commander Sean in anchorage Churchfield told a news conference later on Thursday, two rescue personnel aboard damage emergency and service of the generator, and in Kulluk upper deck.
Container is upright, stable, and coast guard said, there is no sign that the fuel leakage.
"The results of the survey include some wave damaged container top edge, and some watertight hatch cover has been destroyed, cause water damage inside," Churchfield said. The team has made some open hatch, he said.
Generator damage means of salvagers may bring external generator plate or no power supply work, Churchfield said. He confirmed salvagers hear from vent "breathing", but said they could not immediately determine whether it was a breech or natural ventilation.
Fishing is in the evaluation stage, Churchfield points out, are working on the option. He won't fathom the Kulluk is seaworthy, it may be mobile.
Emergency towing system is stored in the deck, have staged leak emergency treatment equipment.
"I would like to reiterate that, without any limitation of resources, personnel or equipment are deployed response and recovery activities, part of the" Churchfield said.
The coast guard captain Paul miller said, the most concern is still safe working in what is still dangerous flight and Marine conditions of the response.
In the Kulluk is a non propulsion, 266 feet the diameter of the barge and steel in the operation of the design of the ice funneled hull. It contains more than 140000 gallons of diesel oil, lubricating oil and hydraulic oil of about 12000 gallons of. In the center of the container is a 160 - foot - derrick. It in the short period of open water season, in the beaufort sea drilling.
A 360 - foot anchor handling procedure, Aiviq, dragged Kulluk last week from Dutch harbor to Seattle southern Kodiak island in the towing line broken maintenance and upgrade. Line to connect at least 4 times, but do not maintain. A lonely tug is still connected on Monday night malignant storm out of the control of ships, and make it loose, because it close to the land.
Earth, critics soon says it has indicated the what will happen, if drilling northern bering strait.
Environmentalists over the years has been said, the condition is too harsh stake is too high, in the arctic regions in drilling field has more than 1000 miles from the nearest distance coast guard base, make industry development.
The two countries organization in Thursday's drum called for an end to all allowed in the arctic offshore drilling after the earth.
"Accident by the shell this string of clear, we are not prepare to drill in the arctic, said:" to find the Clusen the natural resources defense council. "Shell is ready to arctic. In the shell, we have lost all confidence, of course they don't have any credit left."
A civil engineer, who works, the society of wilderness in anchorage, loewe silk Epstein said, shell has disturbingly, non preventive decision, the workers and the risk of the coast guard.



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