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		</div><p>Royal Dutch Shell is to end exploration in offshore Alaska for the foreseeable future.</p>
<p>The company said an exploratory well drilled to 6,800 feet found oil and gas, but not in sufficient quantities.</p>
<p>In an announcement in The Netherlands, Shell USA president Marvin Odum said it was a disappointing outcome for that part of the Chukchi Sea basin.</p>
<p>Shell drilled in 150 feet of water about 80 miles off Alaska’s north-west coast. The exploratory well was the first in the Chukchi in 24 years.</p>
<p>Environmental groups oppose Arctic offshore drilling and say industrial activity and more greenhouse gases will harm polar bears, walrus and ice seals.</p>
<p>Over the summer, protesters in kayaks unsuccessfully tried to block Arctic-bound Shell vessels in Seattle and Portland, Oregon.</p>
<p>Shell has spent about seven billion dollars (£4.6bn) on Arctic offshore development on the hope that there would be deposits worth pursuing.</p>
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