Shell to face trial for Moerdijk facility explosion in Netherlands in June 2014

Royal Dutch Shell will be prosecuted in relation to an explosion at its Moerdijk facility in the Netherlands in June 2014 and for exceeding ethylene oxide emission limits in 2015-2016, Dutch prosecutors said on Friday.

An incident at the Moerdijk plant on June 3, 2014, resulted in a series of explosions and a large fire. Shell is also facing separate court hearings over exceeding emissions of ethylene oxide in 2015-2016.