The world´s largest oil company, ExxonMobil, intends to conduct its first drilling in the Arctic Kara Sea this summer. The company, who was responsible for one of the worse oil catastrophes in the world, the Exxon Valdez 25 years ago, is now back in the Arctic and runs the risk of causing irrecoverable damage to the Arctic ecosystem.

ExxonMobil has already contracted the West Alpha semi-submersible rig to drill. The rig has been at a shipyard in Ølen, Norway for preparations to go drilling in one of the most extreme, remote and harsh drill sites in the Arctic this year. With an ice free operational window of only 8-10 weeks, ExxonMobil plans to drill its first well in the Kara Sea this summer.