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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Shell Has Boiler Fault at Pernis Refinery, Radio Rijnmond Says

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By Nidaa Bakhsh and Fred Pals

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a boiler fault at the Netherlands' Pernis oil refinery, Europe's largest, according to Radio Rijnmond.

The fault occurred at 9:30 a.m. local time today and repairs were due to be completed by midday, the radio station said, citing the company. Wim van de Wiel, a Shell spokesman based in The Hague, wasn't immediately available for comment.

The refinery can process 416,000 barrels of oil a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

To contact the reporters on this story: Nidaa Bakhsh in London at nbakhsh@bloomberg.net; Fred Pals in Amsterdam at fpals@bloomberg.net


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