Shell Canada Among Backers of Montney Shale CCS Project

Provincial earth sciences agencies have made an opening move toward introducing carbon capture and storage (CCS) into the prolific Montney Shale gas production region in northeastern British Columbia (BC).

Upstream activity has been rising in the gassy Montney. BC is also in the process of changing its natural gas and oil royalty system.

Geoscience BC, the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) and the BC Hydrogen office announced work has begun on a “Northeast B.C. Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Atlas.”

CICE’s Deputy Executive Director Yemi Adefulu described the science project as “a first step in a broader strategy…to establish a carbon management economy.”

BC Energy Minister Bruce Ralston predicted, “Mapping potential CCS sites will...