Oil companies pushing to drill in the Arctic Ocean in 2015 want to cut spending by skimping on oil spill cleanup equipment.

Here's a review of Shell's string of careless mishaps during its 2012 Arctic season: its oil well containment dome “crumpled like a beer can" during testing in mild weather near Seattle, it grounded the drill rig Kulluk off of Kodiak Island near an Important Bird Area, its specially made tug's engines failed while trying to help the Kulluk, and the drill rig the Noble Discoverer faced air quality and safety violations.

You can see why they don't want "mechanical cleanup" requirements. The Arctic Ocean just isn't the place for oil drilling.

Photo: The drill rig Kulluk ran aground on New Year's Eve 2012.