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Shell, others to turn U.K. refinery into terminal

 June 26, 2012, 1:27 p.m. EDT

Shell, others to turn U.K. refinery into terminal

By Konstantin Rozhnov

Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDS.A +0.77% , Royal Vopak NV and Greenergy Ltd. have agreed to buy the majority of the assets of the Petroplus Holdings AG’s Coryton refinery in England to turn it into an import and distribution terminal to be managed by Vopak, the administrator of Petroplus’s U.K. subsidiaries, the companies and the U.K. government said Tuesday.

The sale will be completed within several months, once the current refinery closure process has been concluded, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrator, said in a statement. read more

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Shell looks to buy Coryton for storage: union

LONDON | Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:29pm BST

(Reuters) – Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), fuel distribution firm Greenergy and storage company Vopak are putting together a joint bid to buy the Coryton refinery as a storage terminal, a union official said on Wednesday.

The union said it would fight the move, which would put the vast majority of the 900 workforce out of a job, and will step up protests to encourage the government to support a bid to keep it operational.

“We’re hearing it’s a tripartate agreement,” said Russ Ball, regional representative for Unite the Union. read more

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