| Hurricane Rita Update
Shell Deer Park refinery and chemical plant today began the restart of their operations following the controlled shutdown from Hurricane Rita. The restart period will extend into next week as equipment, systems and processes become fully operable and production increases toward normal operating rates. Critical to the success of startup is the stability of utilities such as electricity, steam, water, nitrogen and air.
Products of highest priority are gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, phenol, ethylene and propylene. We continue to transport by pipelines fuels from inventory and those blended from components that were in storage prior to the hurricane.
We will make every effort to minimize higher than normal flaring, possibly accompanied by smoke, that may occur during startup.
We continue to focus on safety and protecting the environment as we return to normal operations.
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