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Sea Trial Leaves Shell's Arctic Oil-Spill Gear "Crushed Like A Beer Can" [1]

Shell Oil and federal regulators have been tight-lipped about a failed test of the energy giant's Arctic oil-spill equipment, currently under construction in Washington state. But a freedom-of-information request by KUOW reveals what went wrong beneath the surface of Puget Sound. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Public [5]
Source: KUOW [2], 12/03/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sea-trial-leaves-shells-arctic-oil-spill-gear-crushed-beer-can [2] http://www.kuow.org/post/sea-trial-leaves-shells-arctic-oil-spill-gear-crushed-beer-can [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81