UPDATED 20:26 PM EST, January 8, 2013
"We have already been in dialogue with the DOI on lessons learned from this season, and a high level review will help strengthen our Alaska exploration program going forward," said Shell spokesman Curtis Smith.
Salazar gave no indication that the review could prompt the closure of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas to potential drilling this summer by Shell, which the company hopes to undertake after preliminary work earlier this year. He stressed that the Obama administration remains "fully committed " to the exploration in the Arctic.
