ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A Shell oil drilling rig grounded off an Alaska island since a New Years Eve storm has suffered damage from waves and flooding but has spilled none of the 155,000 gallons of fuel and other oil products aboard, officials managing the incident said on Thursday.
Salvage experts were flown to the stricken Kulluk drillship on Wednesday and Thursday, which remains upright and stable not far from Kodiak Island, officials said at a news conference.
"There is no evidence of sheening in the vicinity," said Sean Churchfield, Royal Dutch Shell's Alaska operations manager and the company's emergency response coordinator.
Salvage crews found some wave damage to the vessel's topside and several breached hatches that caused water damage inside, he said. Generators had also been damaged and new ones may have to be moved in to provide power to move the vessel, he said.
It remains unclear how serious the damage is or how long it will take to move the Kulluk away from the site, officials said.
Damage, flooding on grounded Shell oil rig but no spill - Read Full Story at US- Reuters
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