Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company, will defer planned maintenance at the Motiva refinery in Norco, Louisiana, to recover from a shutdown caused by hurricanes.

``The turnaround at the Motiva Norco refinery has been deferred,'' Kevin Thompson, a plant spokesman, said in an e-mail. The delay will help ``rebuild finished product inventories'' after disruptions to market supply from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, he said.

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Last Updated: October 2, 2008 11:48 EDT