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Cook-off winners
First place jambalaya – Hot Rod Joe & The Boys – (from left) Shell Norco General Manager Brett Woltjen, Travis Gilbert, Randy Pollet and Joe Waits. First place gumbo winner – Prestige Worldwide – (from […]
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Shell announces $5M gift for Lafon center
With more than 300 people at the $34 million Dr. Rodney R. Lafon Performing Arts Center ribbon cutting Saturday, Shell Norco General Manager Brett Woltjen announced the company’s $5 million endowment. “It gives me great […]
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Shell upgrades school labs to enrich education
Tiffany Scott saw so much more potential in the science lab at Luling Elementary School, and thanks to her own efforts and a boost from Shell, she and her fellow teachers can explore that potential […]
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STEM camp sparks interest in science, jobs
With an eye cast toward furthering or awakening an interest in science among area youth and exposing them to the possibilities that come with it down the line, Shell Norco gave a national program its […]
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Shell will spend $10M to reduce emissions in Norco
Shell Chemical LP has agreed to a $10 million settlement where it will install pollution monitoring and control equipment at its Norco facility expected to eliminate more than 150 tons of harmful air pollutants a […]
Business
2017 Industry Guide: Shell’s Date with Destiny aims to empower, encourage women in the workforce
Educate, empower and encourage is the mantra embodied at the annual Shell-sponsored Date with Destiny career forum, which takes aim at inspiring more women to seek employment in the traditionally male-dominated oil and gas industry. […]
Crime
Slidell man pleads guilty to stealing over $80K from Shell complex to make crawfish burners
A Slidell man pleaded guilty to stealing more than $80,000 of materials and equipment from Norco Manufacturing Complex that he used to make and sell crawfish burners. […]
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Shell resumes control of Norco complex
In 1929, Shell purchased the refining company from which the city of Norco earned its name. And, in a sense, Monday marked a day where everything old became new again, and a community was reintroduced to its roots. […]
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No layoffs expected as Shell takes over Norco refinery
Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. have signed a letter of intent to end their 18-year refining and marketing partnership in a major global deal, but it should be business as usual for the Norco Manufacturing Complex – at least for now. […]
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St. Charles Parish unaffected by massive, global Shell cuts
Global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell’s recently announced cutbacks of 6,500 jobs and $7 billion in investment sent already shaken petroleum-dependent areas shuddering in the U.S. and world, but the news is actually good for at least one of them – St. Charles Parish. […]
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1,000 plan to protest at Shell over emissions
Around 1,000 protestors led by a former Army lieutenant general plan to picket the Shell asphalt plant in St. Rose after the state refused a request to implement air monitoring in the area. […]
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Neighbors defend elevated flaring at Shell
Excessive flaring was reported at the Shell/Motiva campus as a result of an equipment failure followed by a power failure, but some Norco residents who live near the refinery say they are not worried about the incident.
