Shell and City of Dawson Creek Partnership Helps Conserve Water in Northeast B.C.

Shell and City of Dawson Creek Partnership Helps Conserve Water in Northeast B.C. PR Newswire VANCOUVER, September 7, 2012 VANCOUVER, September 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) and the City of Dawson Creek today celebrate the opening of the Dawson Creek Reclaimed Water Project. The facility, process and associated infrastructure will virtually eliminate Shell's need to draw on local fresh water sources for the operation of its Groundbirch natural gas venture in Northeast British Columbia. The multi-million dollar facility will provide a new source of revenue for the City of Dawson Creek as well as additional water for industrial and municipal uses. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/shell-and-dawson-creek- partnership/56594/ The City of Dawson Creek, some 1,191 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, is the centre of British Columbia's natural gas and oil producing fields. The new treatment facility will help meet the water needs of all users including the people and municipality of the City of Dawson Creek. With a capacity of 4,000 cubic metres a day, enough water for over 12,000 [1]Canadian households , the plant will treat sewage waste-water currently released into the Dawson Creek. Waste water is treated to a standard suitable for industrial and municipal uses and the local municipality could use the water for cleaning roads and watering sports fields.