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Shell Pipeline Receives 2004 Gulf Guardian Award
HOUMA, La., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Pipeline Company (SPC) has been
selected as a recipient of the EPA's Gulf of Mexico Program 2004 Gulf Guardian
award for its Wetlands conservation efforts in South Louisiana. The EPA has
deemed SPC's work to be innovative, beneficial, measurable and exceptional.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990716/SHELL )
SPC employees have been working to slow Louisiana's coastal land loss since
2001. They also have been involved with the National Estuary Program since
1998. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers and National Estuary
Program, SPC was the first oil and gas company that became actively involved in
the issue. They also presented a business model for the entire hydrocarbon
industry to follow.
Early realization of the importance of the problem, along with the effect on
the oil and gas industry and the nation's economic security, led to
employee-initiated education on Coast 2050 (http://www.coast2050.gov/ ), the
$14 billion plan to restore Louisiana's coastal wetlands, and participation in
the Americas Wetland initiative. Employees also saw the value in joining with
the public, business, federal, state, and local agencies, to fight this common
problem.
Shell Pipeline Company is proactively involved in efforts to conserve and
restore the South Louisiana region Wetlands for a number of reasons. The South
Louisiana region continues to be devastated by coastal erosion, the highest
amount of continual land loss in the United States. Every year, up to 35
square miles of land disappears from the region at a rate of approximately one
football field-sized section every 30 minutes.
The problem is devastating to the environment, estuaries, wildlife, fisheries,
residents, lifestyles, business, and economy. It also compromises the
integrity of pipeline infrastructures that transport crude oil through
Louisiana's sensitive coastal estuary by uncovering and exposing the lines.
"I am proud to say Shell Pipeline employees have made professional and personal
commitments to get involved to save South Louisiana. These actions not only
protect our communities and the environment, they help protect our industry
infrastructure," remarked Ed Landgraf, SPC Public Awareness Coordinator.
International and National Education on the Coastal Issue
Shell has brought the Louisiana coastal crisis message to national and
international audiences through keynote engagements at the Clean Gulf
Conference in Galveston, Texas and the International Oil Spill Conference in
Vancouver, B.C. along with distributing "Americas Wetland" and coastal erosion
educational materials. Shell also funded the "Americas Wetland" coastal
erosion initiative with a $3 million donation to the state of Louisiana.
Shell Pipeline Company has a Community Council that was developed to design and
implement new processes and techniques to educate the community about pipelines
and pipeline safety, which incorporate Coastal Erosion Education and the Save
our Coast messages. Many of these functions took extra dedication to fulfill
the education action plan objectives.
"Gulf Guardians are shining examples of the type of collaboration and
dedication needed for protecting and conserving coastal communities and
ecosystems," said Benjamin Grumbles, EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for
Water in Washington, D.C.
Guardians of the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico Program began in 1988 to protect, restore, and maintain the
health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem in economically
sustainable ways. The Program is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and is a non-regulatory, inclusive consortium of state and
federal government agencies and representatives of the business and
agricultural community, fishing industry, scientists, environmentalists, and
community leaders from all five Gulf States; and seeks to improve the
environmental health of the Gulf in concert with economic development.
The Gulf Guardian awards were developed in 2000 by The Gulf of Mexico Program
partnership as a way to recognize and honor the businesses, community groups,
individuals, and agencies that are taking positive steps to keep the Gulf
healthy, beautiful and productive.
"Government alone can't solve the environmental challenges we face today," said
Bryon Griffith, Director of the Gulf of Mexico Program. "Gulf Guardian
recipients repeatedly demonstrate that the answer to our environmental problems
is through partnerships and working together as one Gulf community."
Shell Pipeline Company will accept its award at the Gulf Guardian Award
Ceremony on September 22, 2004 during the Southern States Environmental
Conference and Exhibition at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS.
Shell Pipeline, part of Shell Oil Products US, operates nearly 3,000 miles of
pipelines in Louisiana and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Shell Oil Products US
operates refineries and a pipeline and terminal system, and has a network of
nearly 7,500 branded gasoline stations in the Western United States. Shell Oil
Products US is a 50 percent owner of Motiva Enterprises LLC, along with Saudi
Refining, Inc., which refines and markets branded products through more than
11,000 stations in the Eastern and Southern United States. Shell Oil Products
US is a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of
the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (NYSE:RDNYSE:SC). For more
information, please visit http://www.shell.com/
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990716/SHELL
DATASOURCE: Shell Pipeline Company
CONTACT: Karyn Leonardi-Cattolica of Shell Oil Products US,
+1-713-241-1578
Web site: http://www.shell.com/
http://www.coast2050.gov/