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Shell denies witness claim that drilling rig drifted for 2 hours

Anchorage Daily News online -- By LISA DEMER
Published: July 17th, 2012 05:27 AM
Last Modified: July 17th, 2012 05:32 AM

For two hours before a big Shell drilling ship stopped near shore Saturday afternoon, a Dutch Harbor resident noticed it slowly moving in that direction, an observed time that contradicts with the much shorter period of uncontrolled drifting in Shell's account of the close call.

James Mason, a journalist who has lived in Dutch Harbor for a year and runs an online local news site, said he glanced at the Noble Discoverer out the window of his home a few times that afternoon and also was eyeing it as he tooled around town. He lives on Standard Oil hill overlooking the airport and Unalaska Bay, where the ship was moored.

He noticed it wasn't in the same spot and was coming closer to land as the day

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jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,768 Points:593,695 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 18, 2012 12:35:31 PM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Shell would never lie..... would they?
Eugenian Champion Author Oregon Posts:1,872 Points:364,080 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Jul 18, 2012 10:57:10 AM Ignore Eugenian Report Abuse Deny, deny, deny!
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,132 Points:1,387,790 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 5:23:39 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Of course they deny it. We expect nothing else from the BIG GREED Oil & Gas & Coal corporate machine :0\
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,012 Points:1,743,785 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 3:33:31 PM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse I can see on this mostly pro-industry site that not many will risk to face the reality of just how dangerous and stupid it is to allow shell or anyone else to drill in the artic. The artic ice musr be preserved for potable water (even for texas) supplies once the aqifers are poisoned by hydrylic fracking
evowner Champion Author Salem Posts:2,192 Points:361,210 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 1:51:49 PM Ignore evowner Report Abuse Why is the truth so hard to determine? The people could be mistaken, but if the ship had to be towed, why doesn't Shell admit it. Is the culture so insecure at Shell that the truth is negotiable?
MusicalMan7 All-Star Author Ohio Posts:597 Points:93,430 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 1:06:45 PM Ignore MusicalMan7 Report Abuse And all this time, I thought James Mason was an actor... turns out he's a journalist in Dutch Harbor.
jlf599 Veteran Author Kentucky Posts:339 Points:126,925 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 12:40:37 PM Ignore jlf599 Report Abuse So he noticed it moving all day and never said anything? Hrmmm
LostInNY Champion Author New York Posts:1,726 Points:649,770 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 12:37:50 PM Ignore LostInNY Report Abuse Blame game....
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,297 Points:2,373,320 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 12:06:45 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse a journalist, enough said...........................
doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:2,858 Points:743,310 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 11:33:58 AM Ignore doggod Report Abuse No disrespect intended to Mr. Mason, but there are lots of ways a person can be fooled about the position of ships in Dutch Harbor. Stuff is moving all the time, including reference points, and that doesn't even get into the weather, which is almost always bad, limiting visibility. Anyway, apparently no harm was done to the ship, so what's the point of beating this dead horse?
memo81 Champion Author St. Louis Posts:2,358 Points:446,450 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:59:46 AM Ignore memo81 Report Abuse ok
gaswatchON Veteran Author Ontario Posts:463 Points:118,405 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:54:21 AM Ignore gaswatchON Report Abuse Too bad we couldn't put petroTerrists lies in our gas tank for fuel
bills299 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,376 Points:906,440 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:45:01 AM Ignore bills299 Report Abuse Well if it didn't drift that long it would have only traveled about a mile!!
joseph000 Champion Author Houston Posts:1,161 Points:218,075 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:42:11 AM Ignore joseph000 Report Abuse Why do they always have to lie...
rjojo40 Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:7,391 Points:1,077,590 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:34:59 AM Ignore rjojo40 Report Abuse Think shell would tell the truth? duh....NO>
DieselDonWA Rookie Author Seattle Posts:55 Points:310,050 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:33:00 AM Ignore DieselDonWA Report Abuse Hello, wake up crew...you don't get the weekend off. Pay attention to what your ship is doing.
beale055 Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:1,292 Points:427,725 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2012 10:24:50 AM Ignore beale055 Report Abuse Of course they did