SHELL LAUNCHED QUEST CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE PROJECT

USPA NEWS - Shell celebrated on November 6, the official opening of the Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada, and the start of commercial operations there. Quest is designed to capture and safely store more than one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year,...

Shell celebrated on November 6, the official opening of the Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada, and the start of commercial operations there. Quest is designed to capture and safely store more than one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year, equal to the emissions from about 250,000 cars. Quest was made possible through strong collaboration between the public and private sectors aimed at advancing CCS globally.

As part of its funding arrangements, Shell is publically sharing information on Quest's design and processes to further global adoption of CCS. Quest draws on techniques used by the energy industry for decades and integrates the components of CCS for the large-scale capture, transport and storage of CO2. CCS is one of the only technologies that can significantly reduce carbon emissions from industrial sectors of the economy.

Quest was built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint-venture owners Shell Canada Energy (60 %), Chevron Canada Limited (20 %) and Marathon Oil Canada Corporation (20 %), and was made possible through strong support from the governments of Alberta and Canada who provided C$865 million in funding.

Collaboration is continuing through Quest between Shell and various parties in an effort to bring down costs of future CCS projects globally. This includes cooperation with the United States Department of Energy, and the British government on research at the Quest site.

Source : Royal Dutch Shell plc

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