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Shell drilling ship runs aground in Alaska

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    Officials: No signs of leaks from grounded oil rig

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And oil rig is now run aground in the Gulf of Alaska and rough weather there is making it very difficult for crews.

To check for any damage the shell drilling ship is loaded.

We've nearly -- 150000.

Gallons of diesel and another 121000 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid at least so far.

Officials say no signs of any leaks.

And -- -- is following the story live in our newsroom and are the high seas and strong winds the major problem here.

-- you got to the command -- handling the situation tells us.

-- ever a valuation is set to be done an assessment teams may already be in the year.

They're dealing with six to twelve foot waves -- nearly thirty mile an hour winds now once the weather does -- cooperate.

-- experts will board the rig to take photos and videos to come up with a salvage plan.

Currently the Royal Dutch Shell drilling -- appears to be stable but there are concerns the ship could -- diesel lube oil and hydraulic -- it.

Tell votes were pulling the -- to Seattle for maintenance last week when severe weather forced crews to lead to an area.

That would cause the least amount of environmental damage and cut it loose the big rig -- it -- -- ground.

Here and an uninhabited island off the coast of Alaska that was on Monday night -- How much of real concern here is there that this bill could actually happened from -- -- Well there is a spill response team mobilizing equipment in the event that a spill should happen a spokesperson for the -- tells us aerial picture showed no signs.

Of the leak currently and an official from the shelves -- says that the rate recently had 200 in 92 million dollars of improvements that.

The habitat is home to harbor seals sea -- salmon and at least two endangered species.

The top Democrat on the natural resources committee congressman Ed Markey is sharing his concern with this statement.

Oil companies keep saying they can conquer the Arctic but the Arctic keeps disagreeing with the oil companies.

Drilling expansion could prove disastrous for this sensitive environments.

Michelle last operations manager says once the situation is under -- they will investigate the cause threat wasn't certain whether the findings will be made public the Coast Guard says their findings will be made public right.

And a climate thanks very much again.

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