Economics

Europe's biggest oil refinery shut for two more weeks

It is hoped the Shell Pernis refinery in Rotterdam will be back up and running at the earliest in the second half of August.

01.08.2017

(AFP) Europe's biggest oil refinery will remain shut for another couple of weeks after a power station on the site was hit by a fire, oil company Shell said on Tuesday.

It is hoped the Shell Pernis refinery in Rotterdam will be back up and running "at the earliest in the second half of August," a Shell spokesman told AFP.