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Shell secures C$865M funding for Canadian CO2 storage project; >1M tonnes/yr from oil sands

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The carbon capture process at the Scotford oil sands upgrader will capture about 35% of emissions. CO 2 will be captured from the upgrader’s hydrogen manufacturing units (steam methane reformers) by an absorber vessel using an amine solvent. —John Abbott, Shell’s Executive Vice President of Heavy Oil. Earlier post.)

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Canada and Alberta to Invest C$865M in Athabasca Oil Sands Carbon Capture and Storage Project

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The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. No funds will be dispersed until the companies enter into a funding agreement. The project will capture and store up to 1.2

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Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov. Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. market b y the end of 2009. Think is also working closely with the Brussel based Eurelectric , the European union of electricity industry.