Shell Suspends Singapore Refinery After Fire
Updated: 2011-09-30 19:29:11
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell Suspends Singapore Refinery After Fire Sep 30th , 2011 by John Donovan By Ann Koh and Yee Kai Pin Sep 30, 2011 4:52 AM GMT+0100 Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSA extinguished a fire that raged for two days at its largest oil refinery and said it’s shutting processing units at the Singapore plant as a . precaution The fire has been extinguished at Shell refinery at Pulau Bukom , Europe s biggest oil company said in a statement late yesterday . However , there are traces of fuel vapor . We are prepared to shut down all refinery units if this is considered necessary from a safety perspective , with the exception of utilities . The fire at Pulau
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell shutting down entire Singapore refinery after fire Sep 29th , 2011 by John Donovan SINGAPORE Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:22am EDT Reuters Royal Dutch Shell Plc is shutting down its entire Singapore refinery , the company’s largest , to get the fire that broke out on Wednesday under control , a senior company official told . reporters Shell is shutting more units in the vicinity of the area where the incident happened , Martijn van Koten , vice president for manufacturing operations told reporters on Thursday , and it may take two days to complete the . shutdown The fire could have started during maintenance work , he said . Only essential
Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Corrib Gas Project may grind to a halt Sep 29th , 2011 by John Donovan We hear from our sources Strong rumours here in Erris , Co Mayo beside Corrib gas development that the project will grind to a halt following an up-and-coming court case involving a local contractor , Shell and the local police force Garda The word is that the CEO and others are heading for the exit over this matter . 8221 WARNING : These are rumors Attention Royal Dutch Shell Plc : If you confirm by email that any information printed under this headline is categorically untrue , it will be removed immediately . Posted in : Corrib Gas Project Gas Ireland Outspoken
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