OIL SANDS: Shell launches Quest carbon capture and storage project

ALBERTA – Calgary-based Shell Canada has officially opened its Quest carbon capture and storage (CSS) project. The equipment will capture one-third of the emissions from Shell’s Scotford upgrader northeast of Edmonton. The CSS project first captures carbon dioxide in emissions from the upgrader and transports the gases through a 65-km pipeline. They are then injected more than 2,000 metres underground. The repository lies below multiple layers of impermeable rock. The project has already reached commercial production, 200,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually. Shell (60%) and its partners Chevron Canada (20%) and Marathon Oil Canada (20%) operate the Athabasca oil sands project north of Fort McMurray, AB. Bitumen from that site it treated at the Scotford upgrader. Experience the interactive multi-media news release by clicking here.