Posts Tagged ‘Shell Canada’

FROM A SHELL INSIDER

John

Looks like you opened some floodgates on bad news for Shell the last few weeks! I don’t understand how you can keep up with all the dataflows.

The recent note from the Canadian operator is pretty serious. This obviously is a man who knows what he talks about and has high personal standards.

Shell Canada Insider Speaks Out

Exactly the type of person you would want on your plant, but dangerous and awkward for many managers who are looking for quick bucks, low hanging fruit, early success, breakthrough performance, olympic targets and whatever other jargon is used to cut costs…. I don’t know if you are aware just how toxic H2S is. Often in communications to the general public it is related to the smell of rotten eggs but in reality it is as toxic as Hydrogen Cyanide – HCN (Prussic Acid), the stuff used in detective novels…. (And by the way in the gaschambers in Germany as well as in the suicide capsules they used). read more

Alberta's energy regulator has denied an application by Shell Canada to drill a new well near Beaver Mines, citing a sour gas leak in the area that forced 10 families to flee their homes

Fort Saskatchewan will be home to the future of carbon capture and storage if Shell’s Quest project proceeds the way they’ve planned.

The planting is part of a program to sequester more than 650,000 tonnes of CO2. In 2000 Shell made a voluntary commitment to reduce or offset greenhouse gas emissions from its oil sands business by 2010.

VANCOUVER - British Columbians ratcheted up their opposition to a proposed Shell Canada Ltd. coal-bed methane project yesterday as a group of mayors unanimously approved a resolution demanding Premier Gordon Campbell halt the company's drilling.

CALGARY, Sept. 25 /CNW/ - Shell Canada and Tree Canada today announced the planting of their one millionth tree, part of a planting program that will sequester more than 650,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

The sands have become a major focus for Shell Canada’s parent, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which picked up the outstanding shares of its subsidiary in 2007. That decision reinforces the theory that we’re moving deeper into the age of unconventional oil...

Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Canada's Imperial and other companies plan to strip an area here the size of New York state that could yield as much as 175 billion barrels of oil.

Duvernay Oil Corp. ("Duvernay") (TSX:DDV) announced today that the mailing of its Directors' Circular unanimously recommending that the holders of common shares of Duvernay accept the previously announced cash offer by Shell Canada Limited...

Shell Canada Limited files formal offer for Duvernay Oil Corp. 
Shell Canada Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Royal Dutch Shell”), has filed its formal offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all the common shares of Duvernay Oil Corp. (“Duvernay”) with securities regulators in Canada, and has mailed its offering circular and related documents (the “Offer Documents”) to Duvernay shareholders.

The Offer remains open until 1:01 a.m. (Calgary time) on August 22, 2008, unless the Offer is withdrawn or extended by Shell Canada Limited. Under the terms of the Offer, Duvernay shareholders will receive C$83.00 for each Duvernay common share. read more

Municipal councils in Smithers and Prince Rupert have passed a resolution calling for an immediate halt to coal-bed methane exploration in the region, throwing their weight behind native and environmental groups that have been lobbying against Shell Canada's plans to hunt for coal-bed gas there.

The women of Akii Kwe are supporting a grassroots campaign to have the Canadian government subject Shell Canada to the highest level of environmental assessment under Canadian law for the review of its proposed tar sands crude oil refinery on the St. Clair River.