[Ost-news] Shell Backs out of Sarnia Refinery for Tar Sands

[Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America]

Shell backs out of oil sands project  
July 10, 2008 // Post-Tribune staff writers  
By Gitte Laasby and Christin Nance Lazerus 

An oil giant that planned to refine the same Canadian tar sands as BP  
Whiting has canceled plans for an expansion in Ontario. 

Shell Canada is scrapping a proposed refinery project in Sarnia, which would  
have turned tar-like crude from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, into  
refinery-ready light oil, the company announced Tuesday. 

But BP Whiting's modernization will continue to move forward, BP spokeswoman

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