Shell Canada Limited (french: Shell Canada Limitée) is the principal Canadian subsidiary of British energy major

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and one of

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's largest integrated oil

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. Exploration and

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, natural gas and

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is a major part of its business, as well as the

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of gasoline and related

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through the company's approximately 1,800 stations across Canada. After a global reorganization by the European parent, Shell's North American operations are controlled by Shell Energy North America, which is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Shell Energy North America's Canadian operational unit, Shell Canada, maintains a regional corporate office in

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, Alberta. Shell Canada also maintains a major office in Toronto, Ontario.

History

Shell Canada's shares were originally independently traded on the

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. The company was 78% owned by Royal Dutch Shell which in 2006 launched an $8.7-billion takeover of the 22% of Shell Canada that it didn't own. In March 2007 the shareholders of Shell Canada Ltd. accepted a $45.00 per share cash offer from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. This acquisition was primarily driven by the desire of the parent company to take total control of its Canadian division's unconventional resources, specifically the

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. The move was unanimously approved by the independent members of the board of directors. In 2003, Royal Dutch Shell had appointed a British executive, and former Chairman of Shell in the UK,

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, as president and CEO of Shell Canada. CanadaShellStation

As a consequence of the stock acquisition by Royal Dutch Shell, all Shell Canada executives holding stock options benefitted. Shell Canada announced on Mr Mather's retirement from the company shortly after the acquisition was completed that his total pay package for his final year (2007-07) was $4.9-million Including bonuses, stock options and pension contributions and that on leaving the company, Mr. Mather was additionally eligible for a lump sum payment equal to his annual gross salary. His total benefit in that year was, therefore $9.8 million of which some $5 million was from exercised stock options, making him one of the highest remunerated employees in

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. In 2006, Shell Canada acquired the oil sands developer BlackRock Ventures Inc. for C$2.4 billion. As a part of this deal, Shell acquired the Orion oil-sands project near

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. In May 2012, Shell announced that it has put the project up for sale. In 2007, the company invested $20 million (CAD) into an expansion at the

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Lubricant Plant. In January 2019, it announced plans to invest a further $16 million (CAD) towards new equipment that will increase production and efficiency. In November 2015, the Shell Canada Quest Energy project began commercial operations. Part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, it involves

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as the major shareholder (60%), Chevron Canada Limited (20%), and Marathon Canadian Oil Sands Holding Limited (20%). It is identified as being the first commercial-scale CCS project, proposing to reduce CO₂ emissions in Canada by 1 million tonnes per year. In April 2017, the company completed an expansion project at the Scotford refinery, growing hydrocracker production by 20%.

Management and employees

Current Shell Canada Directors are Michael Crothers (President and Country Chair), Andrew Dueck (Vice President and Controller), Andrew Harris (Vice President), Barry Tyndall (Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary) and Zoe Yujnovich (Executive Vice President). In October 2008, Shell Canada Limited was named one of "

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" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in ''

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'' newsmagazine. Later that month, Shell Canada was also named one of

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, which was announced by the ''

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'' and the ''

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''.

Refineries

Scotford Upgrader The Shell Scotford Upgrader is an oilsand upgrader, a facility which processes crude bitumen (extra-heavy crude oil) from oil sands into a wide range of synthetic crude oils. The upgrader is owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP), a joint ve ...

and Refinery : * Corunna Refinery : *

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: Closed in 2010

Leadership

President

Patrick M. Fowlie, 1929–1948
William M. V. Ash, 1948–1961
Paul L. Kartzke, 1962–1968
Harold Bridges, 1968–1970
John F. Bookout, 1970–1974
C. William Daniel, 1974–1985
John M. MacLeod, 1985–1993
Charles W. Wilson, 1993–1999
Timothy W. Faithfull, 1999–2003
Linda Cook, 2003–2004
H. Clive Mather, 2004–2007
W. Adrian Loader, 2007
David R. Collyer, 2008–2009
Lorraine Mitchelmore, 2009–2015
Michael Crothers, 2016–2021
Susannah Pierce, 2021–

References

External links

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