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Shell says has unplanned maintenance at Scotford

Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:41pm EDT

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CALGARY, Alberta, June 22 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said on Monday it is undergoing unplanned maintenance at its 155,000 barrel per day Scotford oil sands upgrader and its 98,000 bpd Scotford refinery near Edmonton, Alberta.

A spokeswoman for the company confirmed that the two facilities had unplanned work, but declined to say how much production was cut back by the outages or detail when the company expected the work to be complete.

Shell is the sole owner of the refinery. Chevron Corp (CVX.N) and Marathon Oil Corp (MRO.N) each have a 20 percent stake in the upgrader, which converts bitumen from the oil sands into refinery-ready synthetic crude. (Reporting by Scott Haggett; editing by Rob Wilson)



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