Shell to start two-month major maintenance at Europe's biggest oil refinery

Reuters

Published Jan 17, 2019 12:12

Shell to start two-month major maintenance at Europe's biggest oil refinery

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) will begin "major maintenance work" on a number of units at its Pernis oil refinery in Rotterdam beginning on 25 January, the major said on Thursday.

The maintenance is expected to last two months and at its peak will require 3,000 extra workers at the site, Shell said.

Shell did not specify the units involved in the turnaround.