allowed inside and they wouldn t even let a photographer snap a quick picture or allow a reporter to glance at the sign-in sheet. this industry that has been facing pressure from washington over and over again in recent years, again with yet another one of these incidents is in full damage control. again. joining us now is jerry beilinson, editor at popular mechanics. with a no-fly zone by shell, it is impossible to get firsthand reporting from the scene. but he follows the gas and oil industries for popular mechanics. and he spent four days on board this specific shell rig in october. he is well versed in the technological challenges that a company in oil exploration and drilling in the arctic. you re looking at some of his footage of the kulluk pipe deck as it passes through the beaufort sea north of alaska. you obviously know these things better than i do.
leases out there, and they re kind out in front. behind them is conocophillips, statoil and other companies. they re talking about real offshore industry which has really existed up there. that s an issue that will be a big one in the next few years. it s going to be continually a big one in the next few days has this situation continues to not get resolved in alaska. we hope that it will. will you come back and talk to us about this more? sure. there is some reason to think if kulluk will be pulled off where it was grounded in the next few years. that isn t confirmed, but that s what they re hoping to do. jerry beilinson spent four days aboard the kulluk in october. appreciate your time. thank you. lots ahead tonight, including an end to the show tonight that is slightly epic. hold on. you turn for legal m? at legalzoom, we ve created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you d like to start. or questions about prote
only purely on the basis of expertise. it is also striking to see how much shell is trying to keep this quiet, and trying to keep reporters out, and trying to keep journalism away from this, trying to downplay it. how big a risk do you think this is to this ecologically sensitive area? we re talking about 150,000 gallons of fuel and oil. it s a really great question. so there are two different issues, i think. one is this oil rig with this amount of fuel on board in this area. and the other one is arctic drilling. and they re really two separate things. yeah. so this is not a large amount of fuel compared to freighters that run aground a coupe of years ago or several years ago there was a freighter in the allusions that ran aground. and often those carry a lot of fuel, bunker fuel, which is very bad. it s dark, gooey, disgusting stuff, and it s terrible to get into the water. freighters and tankers also run aground, pose great risk. so i think that the kulluk has run aground. we
environmentalist fear the kulluk it spill the fuel. conditions in the artic is much worse than conditions they encountered receiptly. there is no question that it confirms it is time to stop all drilling in the artic. conditions that we have now are the best conditions to get the drill ship salvaged. but the unpredictable the i of the weather. pressure is it on to get it don quickly as possible. with the high seas and wind there already makes it difficult already. to you. thank you very much. rick there are new signs that the recovery in the housing market that began last year was no fluke. both home sales and prices are set to rise as well rebound is sparking a pick up in construction activity that fuels economic growth.
should be drilling for oil in the arctic or not. shell is only the first of several companies that have leases out there, and they re kind out in front. behind them is conocophillips, statoil and other companies. they re talking about real offshore industry which has really existed up there. that s an issue that will be a big one in the next few years. it s going to be continually a big one in the next few days has this situation continues to not get resolved in alaska. we hope that it will. will you come back and talk to us about this more? sure. there is some reason to think if kulluk will be pulled off where it was grounded in the next few days. that isn t confirmed, but that s what they re hoping to do. jerry beilinson spent four days aboard the kulluk in october. appreciate your time. thank you. lots ahead tonight, including an end to the show tonight that is slightly epic. hold on. [ woman ] too weak.