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 ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The woman who had been hanging off the anchor chain of a support ship that is part of Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean ended her dayslong ...

Royal Dutch Shell PLC's foray into Arctic offshore drilling has suffered a serious setback after one of its two Alaskan drilling rigs ran aground off a small island while trying to escape a fierce ...

The Shell drilling ship, the Noble Discoverer, one of two on their way to start exploring for oil in the Arctic waters of Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, recently dragged its anchor and drifted ...

In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard the conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. The Kulluk grounded after many efforts by tug ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — Responders say a main tow line has been attached to a Shell oil-drilling ship that grounded on rocks near a remote Alaska island. Unified Command spokesman Ignacio ...