NightFox
Wildling
Didn't Shell already try drilling in the Arctic Ocean and fail? How will failure help off-set the tax cuts to the rich? Better idea is to open the federal waters off Florida where there is a proven amount of reserves and it's much easier to extract.
Do both, the oil companies are perfectly capable of determining whether or not drilling in XYZ area is worth the risk to their capital.
FYI: The area in question "1002 area" isn't in the Arctic Ocean it's a 1.5 million acre coastal plain.