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November 19th, 2010:

Shell’s London office UNDER WATER and besieged by GIANT EELS

Oil giant’s riverside office now part of the river

By Kelly Fiveash • Get more from this author

Posted in IT Director, 19th November 2010 12:44 GMT

Royal Dutch Shell’s London headquarters has been shuttered since Monday (15 November) after the River Thames decided to pour into the iconic office building.

The Register understands that the oil giant’s Shell Centre, which stands on London’s South Bank in Waterloo, is awash with water from the River Thames, scuppering assorted building facilities including IT systems housed in the basement. read more

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Shell Shuts Houma-to-Houston Oil Pipeline After Leak

By Aaron Clark – Nov 18, 2010 3:46 PM GMT+0000

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said a crude oil pipeline from Houma, Louisiana, to Houston remains shut after a Nov. 16 crude oil leak.

Ted Rolfvondenbaumen, a company spokesman, said he couldn’t provide a target date for the line’s restart. The conduit, known as the Ho-Ho pipeline system, can make deliveries to refineries in Texas and Louisiana with a combined capacity of more than 1.2 million barrels, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Rolfvondenbaumen said the 22-inch line has a maximum capacity of 360,000 barrels a day. According to Shell’s website, the line’s capacity is 325,000 barrels a day. read more

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