FROM OUR SEPT 2005 SHELL NEWS ARCHIVE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Shell Game at Gas Stations Pays Big
“On Sept. 1, just three days after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, top executives at Shell Oil’s Texas headquarters took a public stand against gasoline price gouging.”: “That same day, Motiva Enterprises LLC, Shell’s oil refining subsidiary, hiked the wholesale price of gasoline for Shell dealers throughout the Bronx by a whopping 20 cents a gallon, according to company records obtained by the Daily News. Those records show that since the hurricane disaster, Shell has increased its wholesale gasoline price on six separate occasions”
Thursday, September 8, 2005
By Juan Gonzalez
On Sept. 1, just three days after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, top executives at Shell Oil’s Texas headquarters took a public stand against gasoline price gouging.
“We encourage our wholesalers and dealers to . . . practice restraint during these periods,” the press release from Shell said.
The company even urged the public to contact local governments “if you feel a gasoline station is charging a price that is out of line with other stations in your market.”