Senator wants audit at Shell Bakersfield plant

摘要

New York-Shell should submit to an independent audit of its 70,000 b/d Bakersfield,California,refinery to determine if economics are really bad enough to force its closure in October,US Sen Barbara Boxer (Democrat-California) has told company officials.In an Apr 28 letter to Shell Oil Products US CEO Lynn Elsenhans,Boxer said the major's credibility problems over oil and gas reserve accounting suggest it may have also misstated reasons for Bakersfield's closure.