February 24, 2012 12:01 PM
ROXANA – Shell Oil Co. says it plans to close its oil blending and packaging plant, resulting in loss of 83 local jobs and bringing to an end the company’s direct presence in the area, which dates back almost a century.
A Houston-based Shell spokeswoman said the Wood River Blending Plant just off Illinois Route 111 is closing because it requires updates and because it is on property that Shell does not own.
Shell leases the plant from Conoco-Phillips, the latest in a long line of various owners of the property. A ConocoPhillips spokeswoman said she has no information available on her firm’s plans for the property.
At the Shell site, various components of motor oil are blended and packaged. They are put in individual cans for retail use and in bulk containers for use in oil change operations.
The closing of the Wood River plant will also result of closing of a distribution plant in O’Fallon, Mo., where 17 people are working.
The distribution plant will close at the end of this year. The Wood River Blending Plant will close at the end of 2013.
A spokeswoman said many of the employees in Roxana are close to retirement. Those who wish may apply for jobs at other Shell locations.
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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
