FROM OUR AUGUST 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE
News.com.au (Australia): Shell faces fresh prosecution
“SHELL Australia is facing fresh prosecution over licence breaches at its Geelong refinery.”
Monday 12 Sept 2005
From: AAP
September 12, 2005
SHELL Australia is facing fresh prosecution over licence breaches at its Geelong refinery.
Victoria’s environment protection authority has criticised the poor environmental performance of the company’s jetty operations. Shell has no documented plan to deal with a tanker hitting the refinery jetty, an accident that could release hundreds of thousands of litres of hydrocarbons into Corio Bay, an EPA Victoria audit has found.
There was an unacceptably high risk that spilt oil could damage the marine fauna and the shore surrounding the jetty, the audit found.