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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Clearly we were impacted up North. We had hoped that Shell would be able to proceed with a project out in the Beaufort and Chukchi.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the impact on Arctic projects and Shell's postponed plans.

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