9-6-12
Calgary Herald by Dan Healing. CALGARY - The first carbon capture and storage facility attached to an Alberta oilsands operation has be Sanctioning of the $1.35-billion project announced Wednesday also saves Alberta and federal governments the embarrassment they suffered after TransAlta Corp. and its parters decided in April to abandon the $1.4-billion Pioneer CCS project on economic grounds despite nearly $800 million in taxpayer support. “We want to show and demonstrate environmental leadership in the oilsands,” John Abbott, Shell executive vice-president of heavy oil, told reporters after the announcement at [...]