Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:31pm ET
HOUSTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Shell was preparing to shut the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit at its 99,000 barrel per day Los Angeles area refinery in Wilmington, California, on Friday for unplanned repairs, sources familiar with refinery operations said.
The refinery was reducing feed to the 36,000 bpd unit on Friday morning, the sources said.
Shell notified California public safety and environmental agencies of flaring from the refinery on Friday morning due to an equipment shutdown.
A refinery spokeswoman was not available to discuss refinery operations.
Wholesale gasoline traded 2.5 cents higher several times in the Los Angeles spot market on Friday because of rumored problems at the Shell L.A.-area refinery, traders said.
Shell is a U.S. subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research).
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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