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Oct 25, 2000 e-mail sent to Nancy, Debra, Steve Just got off the conference call discussing allocation of cost for the Benzene Shanghai study. The latest proposal is a shares arrangement based on US refining capacity and other criteria as listed below. Based on info shown below and plan forward, I would suggest postponing our mid-Nov video-conference until mid-Dec. What do you think? Or do you still want to do it as a preliminary discussion? US Refining: Big >1.5 million Medium .5-1.5 Small <.5 3 shares (Exxon Mobile, BP Amoco xxx) 2 shares (that's Shell) 1 share Other criteria for shares Non-US refining: 1 share US refining companies do not have to add shares for non- production Upstream only 1 share Chemical Co 2 shares If chemical company inside r refinery, do not double count Government Assoc Free Non-Industry Assoc Negotiated Notes $15,000 already paid would be credited. No corporate Max Capacity based on 2000 Penwell Directory report for facilities owned on Oct 1, 2000. Best guessimate for Shell based on these criteria is about $1 M. Plan forward: Get Penwell numbers; make adjustments Take to full consortium probably early Dec Ask for commitment in Jan 2001. Patsy SHELL-MCCLURG-065591