et ca continue.energy_isere a écrit :SHELL met au placard le projet tar sands de Pierre River (Nord Alberta) qui devait produire 200 000 b/j.......
SHELL retarde de 2 ans le projet (de tar sands) Carmon Creek qui devait produire 80 000 b/j.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-o ... e24346314/Shell pushes back Carmon Creek oil sands project to 2019
CALGARY — The Globe and Mail, May. 08 2015,
Royal Dutch Shell PLC has postponed the startup of a major oil sands project while it works to wring cost savings from suppliers, amplifying pressures faced by the sector after crude prices sank to multiyear lows.
Shell is tweaking the design of its steam-driven Carmon Creek project near Peace River, Alta., and has re-tendered some contracts as it seeks to lower the price tag for the development’s initial two phases.
The work means oil won’t start flowing until 2019, about two years later than initially planned, company officials say. The delay comes after Shell deferred investment in future phases of the development as part of a company-wide effort to chop $15-billion (U.S.) from its budget over three years.
A spokesman said the project remains a priority for Shell. “We are still early enough in the schedule to make adjustments to ensure the long-term competitiveness of a project that will ultimately have a lifespan of more than 30 years,” Cameron Yost said in an email.
“This revision should result in an improved cost structure and will likely push the full rampup of the project out by a couple of years.”
The move reflects a cost purge under way in northern Alberta, as major energy companies scramble to claw back expenses to cope with oil prices that remain subdued at around $60 a barrel.
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Shell announced plans to move forward with Carmon Creek in October, 2013. It has not disclosed a capital cost, but similar developments have clocked up billions’ worth of expenditures in recent years. The project’s first two phases are designed to pump 80,000 barrels a day.