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USCG: Bad Planning Led to Shell Rig’s Alaska Grounding in 2012

USCG: Bad Planning Led to Shell Rig’s Alaska Grounding in 2012

The grounding of Royal Dutch Shell plc's Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Kulluk on the eastern coast of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, in late December 2012 was mainly due to a failure of personnel to assess and manage the risks of towing the rig in heavy seas, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said in a report on the incident issued Thursday.

April 4, 2014