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Martinez approves two-year extension to Shell Pipeline franchise to allow orderly abandonment
Summary
Council introduced and approved a two-year extension of a 2006 Shell Pipeline franchise to allow time for a decommissioning plan for an idle pipeline that staff and Shell say will be abandoned in place (likely by filling with cellular concrete slurry) with engineering review, permitting and coordination to minimize surface impacts.
The Martinez City Council on Feb. 18 moved to extend for two years the franchise granted to Shell Pipeline Company LLC for a dormant pipeline that crosses several city streets, a step Shell and staff said is needed to complete a careful abandonment and decommissioning process.
City staff and Shell representatives told the council the pipeline — built under earlier franchises, drained in 1998 and idle for decades — must be either brought back into service or formally abandoned under state rules. Shell’s field representative, Katie…
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