By David Elliott
Last Update: 6:35 AM ET Nov 20, 2007
(Updates with background.)
LONDON (MarketWatch) — Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Tuesday an “operational upset” occurred at its 155,000 barrel-a-day Scotford Upgrader in Alberta, Canada, late Monday.
“At approximately 1600 Mountain Standard Time, or MST, today an operational upset occurred at the Scotford Upgrader east of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, when a leak occurred on the residue hydroconversion unit, which upgrades bitumen into synthetic crude oil,” Shell spokesman in London Saskia Kapinga said.
She said it was too early to quantify how much production has been impacted but an associated fire was extinguished at about 1700 MST and the leak, which contains mostly hydrogen, some light hydrocarbons and some hydrogen sulfide, has been since been contained.
No injuries were reported and all personnel have been accounted for.
The Scotford Upgrader is part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, which produces 155,000 barrels of heavy crude oil a day in the form of bitumen.
Shell Canada owns a 60% share in the project, Chevron Canada Ltd. has a 20% share and Western Oil Sands LP a 20% share, according to Shell’s Web site.
(Nick Heath in London contributed to this article.)
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
