Shell moves on carbon storage

Shell Canada will proceed with a C$20 million carbon dioxide storage research project that could result in 1 million metric tons of CO2 from its Edmonton upgrader being injected into a well 7,500 feet deep.

The Alberta government will contribute C$6.6 million over three years as part of its push to develop and commercialize CO2 capture and storage.

Rob Seeley, manager of the Shell Quest study, said the undertaking will now move to public information sessions and the drilling of three to five test wells as preliminaries to preparing an application.

—Gary Park