Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

10 May 2013 EDMONTON – Shell Canada has received regulatory approval to significantly increase bitumen production at an expanded plant near Peace River — an area where residents have raised a stink for three years about odours emanating from existing operations. FULL ARTICLE

Financial Post Staff | 13/04/26 Three workers at a Shell Canada refinery in Sarnia, Ontario were sent to hospital Friday morning following a hydrogen sulphide exposure at the facility. “Shell can confirm the three workers were exposed to hydrogen sulphide (H2S) while cleaning equipment at the refinery,” a company statement said. “The workers are in [...]

Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:42pm EDT CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an Alberta aboriginal group’s application to block an upcoming regulatory decision for a Royal Dutch Shell oil sands development. The aboriginal group sought the block because it was not adequately consulted. The country’s top court did not [...]

The U.S. will always need our oil. Apr 3, 2013 James Cowan Marvin Odum’s job titles could fill several business cards. He is president of Shell Oil Co. in the United States, and sits on the executive committee of Royal Dutch Shell, its parent company. But for Canadians, his most important role is serving as [...]

(Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell said it would build two small-scale gas liquefaction units in Louisiana and Ontario as part of an investment plan to unlock value in the use of liquefied natural gas as a transport fuel.”These two units will form the basis of two new LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and [...]

By Tom Fowler: March 5, 2013 Royal Dutch Shell PLC will build plants in Louisiana and Canada to produce liquefied natural gas as a fuel for heavy trucks and large ships, the company said Tuesday. The LNG terminals are among the latest efforts by energy companies to create greater demand for what is now a [...]

March 4, 2013 Oil and gas companies including BP and Shell will likely see declines in cash flows and credit downgrades if world leaders implement policies to limit GHG emissions, according to a study by Carbon Tracker and Standard & Poor’s. What A Carbon-Constrained Future Could Mean For Oil Companies’ Creditworthiness looks at how BP [...]

Dow Jones Newswires: Published February 25, 2013 Spain’s Repsol SA may announce this week the sale of several of its liquefied natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell PLC for a total between 1.50 billion euros ($1.98 billion) and EUR1.7 billion, reports Expansion, citing financial sources. Repsol’s regasification plant in Canada will be excluded from [...]

EPA Cites Shell Arctic Rig for Air-Permit Violations BY BEN LEFEBVRE Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Kulluk oil rig violated nine conditions of its air-quality permit while drilling in Arctic waters off northern Alaska last year, the Environmental Protection Agency said in a letter issued late Thursday. The EPA’s findings mark the latest setback for Shell’s [...]

The development of Alberta’s oil sands has increased levels of cancer-causing compounds in surrounding lakes well beyond natural levels, Canadian researchers reported in a study released on Monday. And they said the contamination covered a wider area than had previously been believed. “Now we have the smoking gun,” Professor Smol said. The study is likely [...]

18 December 2012 * Shell to focus on larger shale plays * To build water recycling plant using royalty credits * 4-year moratorium was due to end By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc has scrapped plans for a coalbed methane gas project near Canada’s Pacific Coast in the [...]

News reports from long ago are emerging on the Internet as newspapers create digital searchable online archives. This is a disastrous development for  companies such as Royal Dutch Shell that have been around for a long time and have a toxic history to hide. By John Donovan News reports from long ago are emerging on [...]

By Eduard Gismatullin on December 03, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) is expanding plans to make liquefied natural gas a fuel for ships and trucks as Europe’s largest energy producer looks to profit from the cheapness of U.S. gas compared with oil. Shell, where gas production overtook oil for the first time this year, [...]

By Sheila Pratt, Edmonton Journal November 21, 2012 EDMONTON – Shell Canada is trying to “sneak” its Jackpine project past regulators before the regional plan is complete, and the $12-billion mine expansion should be delayed for a year, a review panel was told in the final day of hearings into the project 100 km northeast [...]

Selection of Shell related news articles Monday 19 November 2012 John, Some articles which may be of interest to your visitors: Shell pins big bucks on natural gas projects: Buffalo News-3: Kylie, “The Abbey Road Sessions” (Astralwerks). … Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, has earmarked more than $20 billion … Shell to [...]