If Shell can put together a team for West Harrison Bay, the game plan is for the operator to drill an initial exploration well — and possibly a sidetrack — into the Nanushuk formation during ...

Shell acquired its West Harrison Bay leases in 2012 — the same year the company began a much higher-profile drilling quest in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas offshore of Alaska.

Narwhal Exploration LLC, operator of the Narwhal unit at West Harrison Bay, has applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas for a permit for summer marine surveys ...

Shell: 'No plans' for Alaska exploration. Anglo-Dutch supermajor hopes to transfer West Harrison Bay leases to new operator. Shell: plans to 'fully divest' Alaska leases Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX ...

Once all the drilling results are evaluated, the unit operator — set to be Shell's partner — will submit either a further plan of exploration or a plan of development for West Harrison Bay by ...