THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, September 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —
Royal Dutch Shell (“Shell”) (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) is engaged in a multi-year drilling programme to explore for new oil & gas resources in high-potential blocks in offshore Alaska. Important progress has been made with this programme, with two drill ships, more than twenty support vessels, an approved capping stack, and other redundant oil spill response equipment already in position. Shell continues to demonstrate the strength and extent of its Arctic preparations.