Sullivan Comments on Conditional DOI Approval of Shell’s 2015 Exploration Plan

ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Interior today conditionally approved Shell Oil Company’s revised offshore Alaska Exploration Plan for 2015.

“I’m pleased to hear that the Department of Interior conditionally approved Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan,” said Sen. Sullivan.  “As I said to Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell during a February meeting, the federal government needs to work with the states and with private industry to unleash our country’s enormous economic potential and become the world’s energy super-power. For years, the Obama administration has stymied efforts to achieve this important national goal through regulatory delays and restricting access to federal lands in Alaska.  I hope that this announcement is a new approach by the federal government.  The Department of Interior and Shell still have work to do before any exploratory drilling occurs in the Arctic this summer, but today’s news is a positive step.”

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