SHAWN McCARTHY and CARRIE TAIT OTTAWA and CALGARY — The Globe and Mail: Published Monday, Oct. 01 2012, 7:17 PM EDT The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has launched a constitutional challenge to Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s application for approval of the proposed Jackpine oil sands mine expansion, saying neither the company nor the government has adequately consulted [...]
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Shell uses recycled water for Dawson Creek fracking
Company funds majority of $12.5-million effluent treatment plant, city gets to use leftover water By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun September 7, 2012 Shell Canada and the city of Dawson Creek have teamed up to build an effluent treatment facility at Dawson Creek that eliminates the oil and gas company’s need for Peace River water at [...]
Shell to Build Canada Capture Project for Oil-Sands Emissions
By Eduard Gismatullin – Sep 5, 2012 1:19 PM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s biggest oil company, will build the first carbon capture and storage project in Canada that locks away emissions from mining oil sands. The company, together with partners Chevron Corp. (CVX) and Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO), received government backing to [...]
Tar Sands – World’s Dirtiest Oil?
GUEST ARTICLE BY A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SHELL OIL CO I read your article about the concern over the management of Royal Dutch Shell’s tailings ponds that result from the open-pit mining of heavy tar deposits in Alberta. There are many lessons for the Canadian and Provincial governments to be learned [...]
Federal scientists still wary of Shell’s Jackpine oilsands expansion
Documents reveal concerns ahead of fall public hearings into northern Alberta mine expansion The Canadian Press: Posted: Aug 27, 2012 12:18 PM ET A demonstration tailings pond in Shell’s Muskeg River oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The company’s ability to store the byproducts of oilsands extraction in a manner that doesn’t harm the environment is [...]
Federal scientists still concerned over Shell’s Jackpine oilsands expansion
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | August 26, 2012 EDMONTON – Regulatory documents indicate federal scientists still have significant concerns over Shell’s proposed Jackpine oilsands mine expansion even as the project heads into public hearings. Five years after Shell Canada first proposed the 100,000-barrel-a-day project, it has been finally scheduled to go before a joint federal-provincial [...]
Shell achieves production milestone at oil sands operations
By Shell Canada Limited Published: Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 – 10:06 am CALGARY, Aug. 20, 2012 — /CNW/ – Shell, as operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP), today announced that its oil sands operations have achieved the production milestone of 500 million barrels since production began in 2003. “This is a tremendous achievement [...]
Edmonton Sun: Shell bulks up!
FROM OUR AUGUST 2004 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE… Edmonton Sun (Canada): Shell bulks up! Shell Canada Ltd now expects the next phase of expansion at its Athabasca oilsands project in northern Alberta to cost about $7.3 billion. That is nearly twice the estimated price released last fall.” Wednesday 10 August 2005 By CP CALGARY — Shell [...]
Canada’s Oil, the World’s Carbon
A version of this editorial appeared in print on July 30, 2012, on page A18 of the New York edition Last month, the State Department formally invited public comment on the issues it should consider in a new environmental assessment of the Keystone XL, a 1,200-mile pipeline that would connect the Alberta oil sands to [...]
Shell CEO: America can be energy independent in 20 years; company profit drops on lower prices
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, July 26, 5:18 PM AMSTERDAM — The chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday said that whichever political party wins the U.S. presidential election in November should formulate an energy policy with a view to achieving “near energy independence” within 20 years. Swiss CEO Peter Voser, who heads Europe’s largest [...]
Shell Gets Conditional Alberta Approval for Carbon-Capture Plan
By Edward Klump – Jul 11, 2012 8:52 PM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s biggest oil company, received conditional approval from Alberta’s energy regulator for a carbon capture and storage project planned north of Edmonton. A panel concluded it’s in the public interest for Shell’s Quest project to move ahead, Alberta’s Energy Resources [...]
Oilsands must prove impact being reduced, say groups
They want Alberta to demonstrate that recommendations are being followed By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press July 9, 2012 Environmentalists are trying to force the Alberta government to show it’s followed through on previous recommendations to reduce the impact of oilsands mines before any more projects are approved. The Oilsands Environmental Coalition has asked the [...]
Canada must act fast or miss LNG window-Shell CEO
Tue May 29, 2012 6:58pm EDT * Shell’s Voser says Canada can’t weather regulatory delay * Supports Ottawa’s plans for streamlining * Can add Athabasca oil sands volumes for under $50/bbl By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, May 29 (Reuters) – Canada only has until the end of this decade to build up its liquefied natural [...]
Shell sees low cost expansion in Canada’s oil sands
CALGARY, Alberta | Tue May 29, 2012 5:05pm EDT May 29 (Reuters) – Peter Voser, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Tuesday that the company expects to expand production from its 255,000 barrel per day Athabasca Oil Sands Project by as much as 90,000 bpd by the end of the decade. Voser [...]
Shell Puts Orion Oil-Sands Project In Alberta Up For Sale
Published May 28, 2012 Dow Jones Newswires CALGARY – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) has put its Orion oil-sands project near Cold Lake, Alberta, up for sale. Orion is an underground steam-injection project that produces 5,000 barrels a day of oil and generated operating income of C$15.6 million (US$15.2 million) during the first quarter, according to [...]
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