© 2008 The Associated Press
March 12, 2008, 3:08PM
LONDON — A British judge ordered Shell to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars after the oil company pleaded guilty to failing to follow safety regulations at one of its plants.
Shell was fined more than $535,000 and ordered to pay $74,500 in costs Wednesday for a 2003 accident in which dangerous gas escaped from a corroded pipe at the Stanlow petrochemical plant in Ellesmere Port, about 200 miles northwest of London.
The company pleaded guilty last month to failing to comply with accident hazard regulations. The judge, Roger Dutton, said the fine was lower than it would have been had Shell been found guilty after taking the case to trial.
Britain’s Health and Safety Executive said the gas escape was caused by Shell’s failure to properly inspect and maintain the pipe. Stanlow general manager Yuri Sebregts said changes have been made to ensure the problem does not recur.
The Stanlow complex, which manufactures a range of petrochemical products, is owned by the Shell Chemicals UK Ltd., a part of the Shell Group.
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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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