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Shell's New Daya Bay Petrochemical Moves into Start-up Phase

Jan 3 2006

Royal Dutch Shell plc today welcomed the announcement by the Board of CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC) that construction of its world-scale petrochemicals complex at Daya Bay, Guangdong, is complete and final preparations are being made for start-up. The construction of the world-class facility has been completed within the expected schedule and budget.

The Daya Bay project is fundamental to the Shell strategic objective to grow a significant presence in China, where demand for plastics and packaging is expected to make up 30% of world consumption by 2010. The investment is consistent with the Shell strategy of “more upstream, profitable downstream”.

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