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Facility Expansion

03/12/2008

Expanded facilities position Shell to meet increased demand for training while preserving the company’s business continuity and emergency response capabilities

New Orleans, LA - Governor Bobby Jindal joined representatives of Shell Exploration & Production Company and other local and state dignitaries today in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate a 55,000 square foot expansion of Shell’s workforce development facility in Tangipahoa Parish.

For 21 years, Shell’s Robert Training and Conference Center (RTCC), in Robert, Louisiana, has run a specialized workforce development program offering industry-wide training in exploration and production operations for onshore and offshore oil and gas operations workers.

“Our number one mission as a state is to make Louisiana the best place in the world to get a great education and pursue a rewarding career, so we are keeping more Louisianans here at home,” said Governor Bobby Jindal. “Success in this mission starts right here with projects like Shell’s workforce training facility that invest in our people.”

Frank A. Glaviano, Sr., Vice President Production Americas, said “Shell’s Robert Training and Conference Center supports the growing need for a stronger operations workforce advancement plan in Louisiana within the oil and gas sector. The RTCC provides workers with the required skills training needed to secure well-paying jobs within this highly competitive industry.”

With the new expansion, Shell is able to provide the same critical safety operations training to a greater number of onshore and offshore workers. In addition, the new facility is outfitted to preserve Shell’s business continuity needs by acting as a back-up incident command base in the event of future disruptive events as experienced with Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav.

“It was important to Shell during the Robert expansion project to not only create additional space for advanced workforce training, but to also maintain space that is equipped to serve as an emergency resource,” said Glaviano. “In the aftermath of two challenging hurricanes in recent history, the RTCC proved to not only be a first-rate training facility, but a secure, accessible base to safely maintain Shell’s business continuity as well in the event of mandatory evacuations in the New Orleans CBD.”

Today, the facility is equipped with 17 classrooms to handle all areas of exploration and production training, team meetings, conferences and workshops. In addition, the RTCC includes on-site lodging for up to 146 persons, two full gallies, an indoor heated pool used for water survival training, an instrument/electrical lab, drilling rig and subsea simulators, production shed, control room and recreational amenities.

The new conference center will be used to host training and conferences for large Shell project groups in addition to computer and industry-related courses. The facility will also provide space for the Production Operations Management Center, and Remote Operations Control Center, as well as permanent office space for Health, Safety and Environment drilling supervisors and technicians.

In January 2008, Shell completed construction on a new access road leading to its training facility.

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