SUMMER STUDENTS PREDICT: Four times as expensive to drill in the Arctic.

The article offers information on the Summer Project 2011, an initiative by Det Norse Veritas where students worked on a concept for year-round drilling and exploration off the north-east coast of Greenland. It cites the importance of their work in revealing a need for new technologies, improved standards and increased Arctic research. It expects drilling in the Arctic to be up four times as expensive as drilling in the North Sea.