Shell Pipeline Receives 2004 Gulf Guardian Award
July 19 2004 - 6:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
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/
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