By Lynn Doan – Jun 8, 2012 11:02 PM GMT+0100
California-blend gasoline in San Francisco gained for the first time in four days after Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) flared gases at the Martinez oil refinery in Northern California because of an “operational issue.”
The 158,000-barrel-a-day Martinez plant reported a release of sulfur dioxide at about 12:20 p.m. local time, a notice to the California Emergency Management Agency showed. Kayla Macke, a Shell spokeswoman in Houston, declined to comment on whether the incident affected production at the plant.
Carbob in San Francisco jumped 5 cents to 1.75 cents a gallon above gasoline futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 5:25 p.m. in New York, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The fuel dropped 6.75 cents yesterday to trade at a discount to futures for the first time since April 12.
California-blend diesel in San Francisco was unchanged at 6.5 cents a gallon above Nymex heating oil futures. The same fuel in Los Angeles gained 0.75 cent to 4.75 cents a gallon above futures.
Los Angeles Carbob strengthened 3.5 cents to a discount of 3.5 cents a gallon against gasoline futures.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) finished planned maintenance at the 97,000- barrel-a-day Los Angeles refinery, Tina Barbee, a spokeswoman at the company’s headquarters in San Antonio, said in an e-mail.
Conventional, 87-octane gasoline in Portland, Oregon, slipped 1 cent to a discount of 5 cents a gallon versus gasoline futures. Low-sulfur diesel there also fell 1 cent to 10 cents a gallon above heating oil futures.
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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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