FROM JERRY BEILINSON: Everything You Need To Know About Shell Oil And Arctic Offshore Drilling in Alaska. “After years of arguments over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the debate about Arctic oil exploration has moved offshore, into the waters of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. Now Federal regulators appear close to granting the final permits that one company, Royal Dutch Shell, needs to commence drilling north of Alaska. If the operation goes forward this summer, it could mark the birth of an offshore oil industry in the Arctic Ocean. However, environmentalists and many of the Inupiat villagers who live in the region oppose drilling, fearing oil spills and other risks to wildlife. Here’s everything you need to know about oil development in the Arctic Ocean.”