Such is the demand for natural gas around Fort McMurray that a consortium of companies, including Shell Canada and Imperial Oil, has proposed building a seven-hundred-and-fifty-mile pipeline from the Arctic Ocean through the largely undisturbed wilderness of the Mackenzie River Valley and down into northern Alberta.

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The other companies Lacey referred to include Opti Canada, Royal Dutch Shell and the Forest Hills project conducted by Petro-Canada, UTS, and Teck Cominco.

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The other companies Lacey referred to include Opti Canada, Royal Dutch Shell and the Forest Hills project conducted by Petro-Canada (nyse: PCZ - news - people ), UTS, and Teck Cominco (nyse: TCK - news - people ).

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This acquisition is part of a broader shale gas strategy for Shell, which also owns acreage in western Canada (Horn River), the Haynesville Shale, South Texas, and the Pinedale.

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