Motiva Port Arthur refinery reaches throughput milestone – sources
“If it had been built better, if it had been designed better, it could be running more crude…”
Extracts from a Reuters article by Erwin Seba published by The Chicago Tribune on 3 July 2014
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The nation’s largest refinery hit a throughput milestone last week, processing 615,000 barrels in one day for the first time since a series of setbacks that followed its $10 billion expansion, sources familiar with operations said. The 2.5 percent increase in crude oil intake one day in late June, trumpeted in a company email, showed the continuing impacts of a troubled start-up after the expansion, the sources said. “If it had been built better, if it had been designed better, it could be running more crude,” said one of the sources. A Motiva official declined to comment.
John Alfred Donovan, Founder, Owner and Group Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell Plc
By John Donovan
Interesting to note that my association with Royal Dutch Shell is so strong after a three decade relationship, that according to current information listed on zoom info (screenshot below), I am given credit as being the founder, owner and Group Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Guess it was only a matter of time. I now await the appropriate fat cat financial package with a multi-million pension pot and free contingency insurance paid by the company to cover me against all potential liability for incompetence, cooking the books and negligence, as per Rev. Sir Phil Watts. I already have to deal with Shell job applications, business proposals etc so it is about time I received due credit.
COMMENT RECEIVED FROM AN OLD EP HAND
John, as the new owner of RDS you must immediately update the business principles statement!
First priority of an incoming chairman…..
REPLY BY JOHN
I know precisely what you are getting at…
Just checked the shell.com webpage containing the SHELL GENERAL BUSINESS PRINCIPLES document. Its still signed by the long departed and unmissed former CEO Peter Voser. Can only speculate that Ben has been too busy bowing to Putin to worry about putting his name to Shell’s claimed business principles. Its all a matter of priority and as we know, ethics, morals and principles seem to come last as far as Shell senior directors are concerned.
The TRUTH will set you FREE.
Extract from an extensive FT article by Guy Chazan published 2 July 2014
Extract from a Geoff Hiscock article published by The Australian on 2 July 2014
