Shell Bets Billions on Arctic Drilling

Royal Dutch Shell is about to start drilling in the Arctic Ocean, making it the lone oil company betting on what could be the last untapped oil reserves on Earth.

Jul 10, 2015

Royal Dutch Shell is about to start drilling in the Arctic Ocean, making it the lone oil company betting on what could be the last untapped oil reserves on Earth. Photo: Stuart Isett for The Wall Street Journal

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