By Alexander Kwiatkowski and Grant Smith
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Firefighters doused a blaze at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Bacton terminal in the U.K., which handles gas flowing from the North Sea into Europe’s biggest gas-consuming country.
A fire erupted in the water-treatment plant at Shell’s terminal, according to a recorded message by the Norfolk Fire Service press office today. Ten fire engines attended the incident, which the message described as “very large-scale.” No chemicals are believed to be involved, according to the message.
The fire has now been put out, according to a Shell spokeswoman.
“Shell U.K. can confirm that a fire in the wastewater system has occurred at the Bacton gas plant, 18 miles northwest of Norwich,” spokeswoman Dawn Flett said by telephone. “The fire has been extinguished and the plant has been shut down safely.” All personnel on site have been accounted for, she said.
Within-day U.K. gas prices rose on the APX exchange, trading at 64 pence a therm at 7:14 p.m. local time, compared with about 52.5 pence before the blaze was reported. A therm is 100,000 British thermal units.
Shell’s Bacton terminal processes gas from the U.K. North Sea and also handles supplies from the Balgzand-Bacton Line that links the Netherlands and the U.K., according to Shell’s Web site. Exxon Mobil Corp. is a part-owner of the terminal, according to Shell.
To contact the reporters on this story: Alexander Kwiatkowski in London at [email protected] ; Grant Smith in London at [email protected]
Last Updated: February 28, 2008 14:22 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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