Shell becoming a leader in Carbon Capture Project in Canada

"CCS is recognized as one of the most promising technologies to reduce greenhous emissions from fossil fuels. To realize that potential, government support in this important demonstration phase is essential." John Abbott, Shell's Executive Vice President of Heavy Oil made that statement in support of an agreement that was recently announced with the governments of Alberta and Canada to fund the Quest Project.

This project will capture and store approximately one million tons of CO2 from Shell's Scotford Upgrader facility near Edmonton. The capture and storage facility is expected to be online by 2015.

For the full text of the article on the WorldOil site, click here.

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