Shell to Close Capline Crude Pipeline as Gustav Nears (Update1)
By Christian Schmollinger and Nesa Subrahmaniyan
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to close its Capline crude oil pipeline system today because of dwindling supplies from fields shut as Hurricane Gustav approaches, the company said in a statement.
Capline runs 650 miles from St. James, Louisiana, to Patoka, Illinois, and has the capacity to transport 1.2 million barrels of oil a day. Shell’s Houma, Louisiana-to-Houston oil pipeline has already ceased operations. Other onshore pipelines and tank farms have closed, the company said.
Gustav, a Category 3 hurricane, was about 220 miles (360 kilometers) southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, packing winds of 115 miles an hour, the National Hurricane Center said. It may reach Louisiana as early as midday with a force “not very different” from its current strength, the center said in an advisory issued 10 p.m. Miami time yesterday.
Shell said its refined products delivery systems in the Houston area continue to transport gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel.
“As part of our planning, we have prepared systems that are closing to enable a timely restart following the storm,” Shell said.
To contact the reporters on this story: Christian Schmollinger in Singapore at [email protected]; Nesa Subrahmaniyan in Singapore at[email protected].
Last Updated: September 1, 2008 02:13 EDT
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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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