Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — A large fire erupted today in a pipeline at Royal Dutch Shell Plcs Pernis refinery in the Netherlands, Europes largest plant.
The fire broke out in a heavy-diesel pipeline at the refinery at 1:20 p.m. local time,Wim van de Wiel, a spokesman for The Hague-based company, said by phone. RTV Rijnmond earlier reported that the fire was in catalytic cracker Unit 2.
The pipeline has been blocked in and now the fire is under control, the spokesman said. It was heavy diesel oil that caught fire, he said, adding that no injuries were reported.
Shells Class A shares in London fell as much as 3.1 percent and last traded down 36 pence at 1,639 pence.
The refinery has a capacity of 416,000 barrels a day. The plants catalytic crackers can process 50,000 barrels of gasoline a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Shell closed one of its FCCs at Pernis in September to repair a fault. The plant was scheduled to resume operations at the end of November after the two-month halt, a person familiar with the situation who declined to be identified, said Nov. 20.
The refinery has had to delay at least twice the restart of a crude distillation unit, two people familiar with shutdown procedures said previously. The crude unit was also supposed to restart in late November.
Gasoline in Europe traded for $6.73 a barrel below crude oil as of 12:59 p.m. in London, compared with a discount of $6.02 yesterday, according to broker PVM Oil Associates Ltd.
To contact the reporter on this story: John Buckley in Amsterdam at[email protected]
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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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