Shell Moves Ahead With 80,000 Barrel Per Day Carmon Creek Project

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, October 31, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) RDS.A +0.06%  RDS.B +0.38%  today announced its decision to proceed with its Carmon Creek project in Alberta, Canada, expected to produce up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day. Carmon Creek is a thermal in situ project that is 100 per cent Shell owned and will be part of the company’s broader production, refining and marketing business across the full value chain in North America.

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Town targets new deadline for flood mitigation project

The Town of High River is chasing down a new autumn deadline for its proposed flood mitigation project to remove gravel and sand deposits from the Highwood River.

Town council members recently met with representatives from Environment and Sustainable Resources Development (ESRD) in Calgary looking for possible avenues to expedite the approval process for the project.

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