Storm Updates

Tropical Depression Ike - Update #30

15/09/2008

5:30PM Central - Shell GoM Offshore E&P Operations, Upstream

(This information is up-to-date as of 5:30 p.m. Central, Sept. 15, 2008. Further updates will be provided as needed.)

Today, we safely redeployed another 152 offshore personnel, primarily in our East operations area.  Redeployments to some locations in the Gulf of Mexico were hindered by a stalled cold front that was generating less than optimum flying conditions in some areas.  This brings our total compliment of offshore staff to over 300.  Redeployments will continue until we reach our pre-storm staffing levels.

As personnel go back offshore, their main priorities are ensuring safe conditions, establishing power and communications, assessing damage, commencing repairs and preparing for production restart procedures. Production ramp up at each facility will vary, depending on continued damage assessments and repairs, as well as downstream oil and gas infrastructure readiness.

Some production in our East operations area was commenced today.  Further updates will be provided as needed.

NOTES AND DISCLAIMERS: Shell-specific shut in numbers are not issued externally. Each day, the Minerals Management Service provides an overall GOM production shut in status, as of the previous day <<http://www.mms.gov/2008Hurricane/2008HurricaneSeason.htm>>.

Customers of Shell and its affiliates may have other specific inquiries related to storm or hurricane impacts and should contact their account manager with those questions. Nothing herein shall be construed as a declaration of force majeure. All declarations of force majeure will be made and related notices given in accordance with the provisions of the affected contracts.