SYDNEY, Dec 31 (Reuters) – A temporary shut down of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s (RDSa.L) Australia Clyde refinery will extend into 2009 due to ongoing maintenance work, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.
The refinery in Sydney, with a capacity of 85,000 barrels per day, was idled at the end of November for the work, which was expected at the time to take about a month. The work was aimed at rectifying problems that led to unplanned outages at the 82-year-old plant throughout the year.
Shell has been importing fuels to meet customers’ orders since the refinery was halted.
“We will continue to import product in January as the Clyde refinery has not as yet returned to operation,” the spokesman, Paul Zennaro, said.
The decision to reactivate the refinery would only come when the company was assured operations could run smoothly, he said, adding a restart date was not yet determined. (Reporting by James Regan)
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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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