By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 14 -- Shell Canada Products, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Canada Ltd., officially started up low-sulfur gasoline hydrotreaters April 4 at its refineries in Sarnia, Ont., and Montréal-East, Que., reducing sulfur in gasoline by 9%. The $150 million gasoline hydrotreater projects were completed in December 2002.
Canadian regulations require refiners to produce gasoline with a cumulative average of 150 ppm of sulfur during July 1, 2002-Dec. 31, 2004, falling to an average of 30 ppm on Jan. 1, 2005. Shell says it is the first to do so, saying it supports the need to reduce sulfur in gasoline to be compatible with advanced emission-control systems in specialized-fuel vehicles expected out in model year 2004.
