Shell reports restarting unit at Scotford, Alberta facility

Logos of Shell is pictured at a gas station in the western Canakkale province, Turkey April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell reported restarting an unspecified unit at its Scotford, Alberta, facility on Monday, according to a community information line. There may be intermittent flaring for the next 12 hours, the message added. The Scotford facility houses a 100,000-barrel-per-day refinery and a 255,000-barrel-per-day oil sands upgrader. (Reporting by Apeksha Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)