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(15 May 2015) THE SEATTLE SKYLINE HAS A BIG NEW ADDITION, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT. Soundbite (English), Bob Barnes, Demonstrator: "It's dwarfing everything in Seattle." A MASSIVE OIL RIG OUTFITTED FOR ROYAL DUTCH SHELL'S REMOTE ARCTIC EXPLORATOIN PARKED IN SEATTLE'S HARBOR ON THRUSDAY. DEMONSTRATORS WERE ON HAND, WITH SOME PADDLING OUT IN KAYAKS TO MEET THE RIG. Soundbite (English), Hildegard Nichols, demonstrator: "It just makes me sick to my stomach because in the previous weeks it was just kind of an idea but now it's the real thing that's here." OPPONENTS SAY ALLOWING THE RIG TO DOCK IN SEATTLE MAKES THE CITY COMPLICIT IN ANY ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY DO. Soundbite (English), Mike O'Brien, Seattle City Council Member: "To have this monstrosity, this monument to the hubris of the oil industry parked in our waterfront for 8 months a year is completely inconsistent with all the values that we work to protect here in Seattle." OFFICIALS IN ALASKA WELCOME THE DRILLING, AND EVEN FLEW TO SEATTLE TO LOBBY FOR SHELL'S PLANS. LABOR GROUPS SUPPORT LETTING THE RIG DOCK, POINTING OUT HUNDREDS OF JOBS LINKED TO THE PROJECT. SHELL STILL NEEDS A VARIETY OF STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITS TO OPERATE THE RIG, INCLUDING ONE TO ACTUALLY DRILL OFFSHORE IN THE ARCTIC, AND ANOTHER TO DISPOSE OF WASTEWATER. SANDY KOZEL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...