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Main Page  »  Canada
View Article  Financial Post (Canada): Oilsands projects could crumble

Oilsands projects could crumble, top investor warns: Costs worry Murray Edwards: 'You start wondering at what point are projects still ...   more »

View Article  CBC News (Canada): Second gas leak in 5 days at Alta. Shell plant kept residents inside

20:22:03 EDT Sep 12, 2006
Canadian Press

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. (CP) - Residents northeast of Edmonton were told to stay ...   more »

View Article  Edmonton Sun: Up to 600 employees evacuated from Shell plantToxic sour gas leak near Fort Saskatchewan
Shell Canada is blaming a contractor hired to warn people of mishaps at a Fort Saskatchewan plant for failing to notify nearby residents of a toxic sour gas leak in a timely fashion.    more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Chevron-led oil sands project on the move
Shell Canada, as well as evaluating a multi-billion dollar expansion of Athabasca, is considering its option for Ells River.   more »
View Article  Petroleum News: 2nd quarter Canadian M&A activity lively
Shell Canada’s C$2.5 billion buyout of BlackRock Ventures was the only deal outside the trust sector that exceeded the billion-dollar mark.    more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Alaska raids seen as second step in FBI crackdown on suspected public corruption

EXTRACTS: More fallout from the scandal is expected in the November elections when some congressmen implicated in the scandal will ...   more »

View Article  Globe and Mail (Canada): New truck stops planned by Shell Canada and Flying J

Canadian Press

Calgary — Shell Canada and truck-stop specialist Flying J Canada Inc. are combining forces on road-transport services and ...   more »

View Article  Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell snaps up more oil sands acreage

Wed Sep 6, 2006 7:08 PM EDT

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> has added to its new ...   more »

View Article  Oil & Gas Energy Information: Shell Issues Formal Proposal to Expand Athabasca Oil Sands Project

Monday, August 28, 2006

Royal Dutch Shell plc said that it welcomes Shell Canada’s formal proposal to expand the Athabasca ...   more »

View Article  Canadian Press: Oilpatch faces long list of multibillion-dollar decisions in next four months

12:45:42 EDT Aug 26, 2006
Canadian Press: JAMES STEVENSON

CALGARY (CP) - A wild pace to the final four months ...   more »

View Article  Terrace Standard (Canada): Shell cancels gas drill program

SHELL HAS abandoned plans to explore the Klappan region north of here for coalbed methane natural gas this year after ...   more »

View Article  Calagary Sun: Husky Energy muscles past Shell Canada

Buoyed by exploration success, high oil prices and promised growth in the Alberta oilsands, Husky Energy Inc. has vaulted into ...   more »

View Article  Petroleum News: Feuding over Alberta royalties: industry, energy minister warn changes could be destructive to oil sands

EXTRACT: Neil Carmata, a Petro-Canada vice president and the former head of Shell Canada’s oil sands division, said investors and ...   more »

View Article  Canadian Mining Journal: OIL SANDS SPENDING – Shell, partners see price of Muskeg River expansion skyrocket
The cost of the first phase of the proposed Athabasca Oil Sands Project expansion is skyrocketing, SHELL CANADA of Calgary warned last week.   more »
View Article  Globe & Mail Canada: More record-breaking in Alberta oil patch
In just one February sale this year, oils sands attracted $559-million. Of that, Royal Dutch Sell PLC put down $465-million for 10 parcels of land west of the main oil sands region north of Fort McMurray. Shell is on the experimental fringes, hoping to recovery bitumen from limestone, which has never worked on a commercial scale.   more »
View Article  The Financial Times: Canada's oilsands rush hits the buffers
Last week, Royal Dutch Shell and its partners said they were reviewing the economics of the first phase of a planned C$13.5bn expansion of their Athabasca project.   more »
View Article  From Petroleum News: Anadarko farewell fires up buyers’ market
Others deemed to be in the running are Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Shell Canada, Nexen and ConocoPhillips, all hungry for gas production to support their oil sands ventures.   more »
View Article  Petroleum News: Deep Panuke back from Deep Six
That keeps the spotlight on Shell Canada, which analysts believe is eager to obtain more reserves to support its 31.3 percent stake in Sable.   more »
View Article  Daily Mail: Oil giant to Shell out 50pc more in Alberta
“It’s unfortunate that Shell has had three very large world-scale projects that have all experienced cost overruns — Bonga, Sakhalin, and now Athabasca,” said Jason Kenney of ING.   more »
View Article  Financial Post: Some oilsands projects could end up shelved
The partner in the joint-venture Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) said this week the cost to build a first expansion phase has soared 50% since last fall, when project operator Shell Canada Ltd. more than doubled an initial investment forecast to $7.3-billion.   more »
View Article  The Financial Times: Shell to review Canada oilsands project
Labour shortages and soaring equipment costs have raised a question mark over the future of one of northern Alberta's biggest oilsands projects, controlled by Royal Dutch Shell.   more »
View Article  The Vancouver Sun: Fears Athabasca oilsands costs have spiralled out of control
Even in an industry that has seen its share of multibillion-dollar cost overruns to build megaprojects, word that Athabasca's first major expansion could cost 50 per cent higher than the current $7.3 billion pricetag hit oilsands producers hard on the stock market.    more »
View Article  The Times: Costs explode at Shell Canadian venture
SHELL is facing a cost explosion in the expansion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, a mining venture that extracts oil from bitumen deposits in the Canadian province of Alberta.   more »
View Article  Reuters: Other firms feel Shell Canada's oil-sands pain
Developers of northern Alberta's huge oil-sands reserves may have to rework or delay their projects to avoid massive cost overruns, industry watchers said on Thursday, after Shell Canada Ltd. said expanding the Athabasca Oil Sands Project would cost billions of dollars more than earlier estimates.   more »
View Article  MarketWatch: Shell Canada: Oil sands project faces higher costs
Shell Canada's C$7.3 billion ($6.57 billion) plan to expand its 155,000 barrel-a-day Athabasca Oil Sands Project, or AOSP, could cost 50% more than previously expected, according to one of the companies involved in the project.    more »
View Article  Reuters: Shell Canada partner