Shell allowed to drill in Arctic.

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The Interior Department gave Shell approval of one Application for Permit to Modify (APM) to conduct exploratory drilling activities into potential oil-bearing zones offshore Alaska at one of the wells at the Burger Prospect, Burger J. The company remained limited to the top section of the Burger V well.

Shell submitted an APM on August 6 to modify the Burger J Application for Permit to Drill, which previously restricted Shell from drilling into oil-bearing zones since a...