(Alberta Index, November 20, Tuesday) — The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) is investigating two incidents of sour gas release involving Shell Canada facilities near Fort Saskatchewan and Pincher Creek yesterday. No injuries were reported.
A fire accompanied the gas release from a portion of the Shell Canada Scotford Upgrader plant near Fort Saskatchewan, forcing the evacuation of a number of workers. EUB said the gas comprised mostly hydrogen, some light hydrocarbons and 6.5 per cent hydrogen sulphide leaked from within the plant’s residue hydroconversion unit.
While the release has been isolated, the EUB said it is continuing to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in the area.
The Scotford upgrader was the site of two separate sour gas incidents in September 2006. Following investigations, the EUB directed Shell to schedule an exercise to test a new automated call-out system and provide a report to the EUB upon completion; conduct an emergency response plan exercise, and; provide a report to the EUB when updated resident information for 2007 was completed to ensure all members of the public are fully informed of the process of how to shelter during an incident.
The same day, sour gas leaked from a Shell Canada pipeline near the community of Beaver Mines, about 20 km west of Pincher Creek. The EUB said the leak has been isolated and the line is being depressurized so it can be repaired.
Several residents have either been evacuated or advised to remain in their homes as a precautionary measure within an approximately five km radius of the incident.
EUB said it has notified the relevant government agencies, and has stationed its staff and air monitoring equipment onsite.
It added that pipeline failures in Alberta are rare. The province had a record-low pipeline failure rate of 2.2 failures per 1000 km of pipeline in 2006, down 30% since 2000 (when there were 3.3 per 1000 km). There are 392,000 km of EUB-regulated pipeline in the province.
There are over 6,000 sour gas wells, approximately 250 sour gas processing plants and over 18,000 km of operating sour gas pipelines in Alberta. In 2006, the province produced 1.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, with more than a third of it sour.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
