Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,293.50	-1.04	-0.01%
S&P 500	1,647.42	-3.09	-0.19%
Nasdaq	3,454.40	-5.02	-0.15%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,293.50

-1.04

-0.01%

S&P 500

1,647.42

-3.09

-0.19%

Nasdaq

3,454.40

-5.02

-0.15%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Shell Declares Force Majeure on Ethylene at Norco Chemical Plant

By Leela Landress - 2010-12-01T17:39:29Z

Royal Dutch Shell Plc declared force majeure on ethylene yesterday after a ruptured steam line caused the shutdown of an ethylene unit at its Norco chemical plant in Louisiana, said Alexandra Smith, a company spokeswoman.

Production was reduced as a result, according to Smith, who is based in Houston. “The duration of the outage is not yet known,” she said in an e-mail today. The steam line ruptured on Nov. 27, according to Smith.

Force majeure exempts parties from fulfilling contractual obligations when events beyond their control occur.

The plant, in St. Charles Parish, is 26 miles (42 kilometers) west of New Orleans.

To contact the reporter on this story: Leela Landress in Houston at llandress@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dan Stets at dstets@bloomberg.net

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