BEAUFORT: Oil giant says judges were mistaken in halting exploratory effort.
By WESLEY LOY
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Published: August 30, 2007
Shell is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its recent order blocking the Dutch oil giant’s plans to drill offshore exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea this summer and fall.
A group of organizations opposed to the drilling has asked the court to reject Shell’s request.
Lawyers for Shell argue a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco “overlooked or misunderstood” significant points of law or fact in issuing an Aug. 15 order blocking the drilling.