By Samantha Zee
Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, said it plans maintenance turnarounds at its Deer Park, Texas, refinery between mid-January and early March.
There is “the possibility of higher than normal flaring the third week of January and third week of February,” because the turnarounds involve shutting down and restarting process units at the refinery, Shell said in a statement on its Web site today.
The company has “put procedures in place to minimize flaring at all times,” the statement said. Refinery spokesman Dave McKinney confirmed in an e-mail that the turnarounds will begin in mid-January.
The maintenance programs are expected to add to traffic congestion on the state highways and feeder roads close to the refinery, the company said in the statement.
The number of contract workers at Shell’s plant will peak at about 3,000 in late January and will decline as the maintenance projects are completed.
Deer Park has a maximum processing rate of 340,000 barrels of crude oil daily. The refinery is owned by Shell and Mexico’s state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos.
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Last Updated: January 3, 2008 19:09 EST
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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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