Shell drilling unit runs aground on Sitkalidak Island, Alas.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC confirmed its conical drilling unit, the Kulluk, broke free while being towed in heavy seas and ran aground on the southeast shoreline of Sitkalidak Island, Alas., on Dec. 31, 2012, while on its way to Seattle.

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