Martin Watters
21Mar08
PUTTING BACK: Shell is planning to reduce emissions, says Greg Lewin
The oil giant is concentrating on developing biofuels and wind technology.
MARTIN WATTERS reports
THE future viability of Shell’s global operations lies underground, but the oil giant hopes to be putting back rather than taking out.
Shell hoped to trial new gas sequestration technology in the Otway Basin within weeks as part of $1.2 billion long-term plan to drastically reduce emissions, the company’s global research boss said yesterday.