By Nicholas Comfort
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europes largest oil company, said a railway boiler wagon spilled a bitumen-like oil by-product after leaving the Heide refinery in the northern German town of Hemmingstedt.
The heated container tipped over and released some of its 50 metric tons of the viscous substance at 12:50 p.m. central European time yesterday, company spokesman Axel Pommeraenke said today by telephone from Hamburg. The incident didnt disrupt rail travel to and from Shells refinery, he added.
The non-toxic liquid, which is shipped at 160 degrees Celsius (320 Fahrenheit), hardened as it seeped out and poses no danger to people or wildlife, according to officials at Shell and state railway operator Deutsche Bahn AG. The trains 10 remaining wagons were sent to a plant in Brunsbuettel, about 33 kilometers (21 miles) further south, where their contents will be used to make fertilizer, Pommeraenke said.
The damage to the wagon, railway bed and a crossing totals 150,000 euros ($213,140), local police said in a statement on their Web site yesterday. A spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn declined to comment on the figure and asked not to be named, citing company policy. Shell is insured for the damage to the wagon, Pommeraenke said.
The spilled product can still be used once its retrieved after the wagon cools, Pommeraenke said. The delay in supply wont affect production at the fertilizer plant, he added.
Deutsche Bahns recovery crews wont be able to salvage the substance until the beginning of next year, the companys spokeswoman said, declining to be more specific.
The Heide refinery can process 91,000 barrels of oil a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
To contact the reporter on this story: Nicholas Comfort in Frankfurt at[email protected]
Last Updated: December 30, 2008 06:55 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.
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