San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep 2011Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc will shut its biggest refinery over the next two days on an island off Singapore as firefighters battle a blaze for a second day, the worst fire at the site in 23 years.
"We are progressively shutting down the refinery over the next two days," as a precautionary measure, not because of damage, Martijn van Koten, Shell's vice-president for eastern manufacturing operations, said at an evening press briefing. Full story
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