Shell Scotford officially embarked on their quest to reduce carbon emissions at the Quest Carbon Capture & Storage Start-Up Celebration on Nov. 6. In an official picture commemorating the event: Alberta Minister of Energy Margaret McCuaig-Boyd, Shell Canada President and Country Chair Lorraine Mitchelmore, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden, Marathon Oil Canada President Brian Maynard and Chevron Canada President Jeff Gustavson turn the valve as British High Commissioner to Canada Howard Drake applauds at the Quest project’s official launch ceremony at the Shell Scotford site.
The Quest carbon-capture project will capture one million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually from Shell Scotford’s bitumen upgrader, located about 15 kilometres northeast of Fort Saskatchewan, and deposit it two kilometres underground in liquid form.