Published 06 September 2012
Global energy and petrochemicals major Shell has secured the regulatory approvals and begun construction of the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada.
The project, named Quest, at the Athabasca Oil Sands Project will be built with the support of the governments of Canada and Alberta, on behalf of its JV owners - Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil.
Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser elaborated that the project is vital from the standpoint of meeting global energy demand while reducing carbon emissions.
"We are helping to advance CCS technology on a number of fronts around the world, but Quest will be our flagship project," said Voser.
Starting 2015, the proposed CCS project will capture and store one million tons of CO2 per annum that is produced in bitumen processing at the oil sands project, reducing direct emissions by 35%.
Shell executive vice president of heavy oil John Abbott said, "Quest is important because it is a fully integrated project that will demonstrate existing capture, transportation, injection and storage technologies working together for the safe and permanent storage of CO2. The knowledge it provides will help to enable much wider and more cost-effective application of CCS through the energy industry and other sectors in years to come."
The Canadian and Albertan provincial governments have identified CCS as an important technology to reduce CO2 emissions and will invest a combined $865m.
Canada Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver added, "We will continue to invest in innovative clean energy technologies such as the Shell Quest project to help support high-quality jobs and responsible development of Canada's energy resources."
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