Bloomberg.com
By Nidaa Bakhsh
April 8 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc is limiting gasoline sales from the U.K.s second-largest oil refinery at Stanlow in Cheshire because of a fault, a person familiar with the situation said.
The refinery outage threatens to reduce fuel supplies and drive up prices at a time when Total SAs Lindsey and ConocoPhillipss Humber plants in northern England are also undergoing seasonal maintenance.
Shells restrictions are expected to last about a week, the person said, declining to be identified because the information is confidential. Rainer Winzenried, Shell spokesman in The Hague, declined to comment, citing a policy of not discussing refinery operations.
Shell shut down a reformer unit, which makes gasoline blending components, about two weeks ago because of a leak, according to another person with knowledge of the situation. That unit is scheduled to resume operations as early as today, the person said. The reformer can process 59,000 barrels a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Gasolines premium to Brent oil, its raw material, in Europe narrowed to $4.17 a barrel from $4.28 yesterday, according to broker PVM Oil Associates Ltd. Stockpiles of the motor fuel in independent storage in Amsterdam-Rotterdam- Antwerp, the regions oil-trading hub, gained 14 percent to 821,000 metric tons last week, according to Dutch consultant PJK International BV.
Stanlows crude processing capacity is 240,000 barrels a day, second only to Exxon Mobil Corp.s Fawley plant on the south coast. Stanlow uses mainly North Sea crude and produces about 17 percent of the U.K.s gasoline, according to ShellsWeb site.
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Last Updated: April 8, 2009 07:42 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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