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Shell launches project for reducing carbon emissions from Canadian oil sands

GasBuddy Blog -- Shell will build the world’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for oil sands production, a more than $1 billion effort to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Leaders of Royal Dutch Shell and Canadian energy officials announced Wednesday that they have green-lighted the project to capture more than one ton — or 2,200 pounds — of CO2 per year. The project, called Quest, will store greenhouse gas emissions from the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta.

According to Simone Sebastian, a reporter for FuelFix.com, the Quest carbon capture and storage, or CCS, project is slated to begin operation in late 2015. It’s a joint venture led by Shell and partnered by Chevron and Marathon Oil, which jointly own an Athabasca...


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DESandman99
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Message Posted: Sep 12, 2012 1:53:33 PM

Quantity of 1 ton per year is incorrect, actually it is 1 million tons per year per Shell's websiteShell.ca about Quest
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swenglar
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2012 7:59:17 PM

Repost
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swenglar
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wshutton
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 10:08:51 AM

CO2 storage is better than releasing it to the atmosphere. But can't the CO2 be used for something like increasing plant yields in a CO2 rich artificial controlled enviroment?
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tomok
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 4:42:42 AM

What a start? Capture more than one ton or 2,200 pounds/year of CO2! YEAH!
It only cost a $1 billion to do this for Canada! Not a very good return for the money spent!
This will help improve the earth's atmosphere? And global warming is a proven theory and not a natural occurring event either!
Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, has a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money.
The price of fuel at the pump is too high!
12/22/2012!
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NO_SWEAT
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 3:22:05 AM

Shell 'SHELLING' Canada
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tbgasmizer
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 3:20:25 AM

REpost
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bluebird1
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 3:07:34 AM

A repeat plus incorrect headline....its the Cdn gov't launches it - as 3/4's is paid for by taxpayers.
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lbrinkmn
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 3:06:18 AM

a repeat
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 3:04:32 AM

Good luck with that
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:58:07 AM

Good.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:57:32 AM

Ok
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:57:27 AM

old story
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:52:50 AM

Well that is going to cost us big time. Any time there is a cost to doing something it will be passed on as an additional cost in producing a product.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:52:11 AM

Taking a cue from politicians they're kicking the CO2 problem down the road for someone else to deal with.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:48:47 AM

They should develope an CO2 burning vehicle. Obama will give 'em a grant.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:46:19 AM

Now, if they could just figure how to liberate the O2 to a the atmosphere and turn the carbon into diamonds they would have it figured out!
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:45:16 AM

Zzzz...
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:45:07 AM

Ok
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:43:31 AM

What a waste.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:42:37 AM

old
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:42:20 AM

ok
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:40:18 AM

ok
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:37:02 AM

Good
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:36:29 AM

ok
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:34:21 AM

cool
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:32:34 AM

Interesting.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:31:01 AM

...more MONEY wasted!
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:27:32 AM

Stop for oil sand project. Wasting Money.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:27:31 AM

Interesting, very interesting.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:25:06 AM

hmm...
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:24:10 AM

710 77345 no federal money for it
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:22:38 AM

Go to Shell!
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:21:25 AM

Good!
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:19:43 AM

Deja vu?
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:18:35 AM

OK Nice
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:12:39 AM

still want to hear more about the effects of CO2 when it's pumped into the earth.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:11:37 AM

Re-run from yesterday with a MASSIVE typo. Not ONE ton per year, one MILLION tons per year.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:06:40 AM

Waste of money.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:05:15 AM

sounds promising
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 2:00:41 AM

This sounds familiar.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:52:38 AM

Re-post
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:48:45 AM

Old news
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:48:24 AM

Good
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:47:33 AM

Did I read this yesterday?
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:46:44 AM

Hype
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:38:13 AM

Why don't they refine it there also?
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:37:36 AM

sounds good
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:37:35 AM

We will have to wait & see.
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Message Posted: Sep 8, 2012 1:32:22 AM

old news item, besides it's 2200 pounds per day NOT per year, the author who wrote this screwed up and didn't get the facts right.
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