Drilling in the Arctic has been prevented by many factors, but
none more significant than the presence of perennial ice cover.
The ice cover also impedes the acquisition of geophysical data
that underpins any drilling proposal, and the hypotheses on
which they are based; not to mention the geophysical site–survey
investigations necessary to ensure safe drilling operations.
Whereas Industry has demonstrated capability drilling in near–
shore environments around the perimeter of the Arctic Ocean, due
to environmental limitations very little drilling has been attempted in
the central Arctic Ocean
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