Shell Canada Ltd. will install new technology at its Burnt Timber gas processing plant in Alberta in a project designed to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by more than 50%.
The new Superclaus technology is licensed by a Dutch company, Comprimo, in which Royal Dutch/Shell Group is a substantial shareholder.
Burnt Timber sulfur dioxide emissions are to be reduced to less than 20 metric tons/day from the current 40 metric tons/day. The company currently is meeting license limits on emissions at the plant.
Shell Canada estimates sulfur dioxide emissions will be reduced by more than 100,000 metric tons during the life of the plant.
Installation of the Superclaus unit, in a project estimated to cost $4 million, is to be complete by mid-1991.
"Our intention is to evaluate the technology in a full scale application at Burnt Timber and then determine its suitability for application elsewhere," said Ed Czaja, Shell Canada executive vice-president.
Related studies are under way at Shell Canada's Waterton gas processing plant in Southwest Alberta.
The Burnt Timber plant, 62 miles northwest of Calgary, has a rated capacity of 127 MMcfd. Waterton's capacity of 315 MMcfd makes it one of Canada's biggest gas processing plants.
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