The first time I met with Shell officials, they provided me with a document which stated that the refinery was for sale for between $150 million and $200 million. I asked them about the service stations. They answered that they did not want to mix different types of assets and that they might or might not decide to sell the service stations. They told me my committee should focus on the refinery. I answered that that was fine and that we would focus on the refinery.
As part of the work carried out by Claude and myself, people like Mr. Boles asked what was planned for the service stations. It was at that point that Mr. Boles engaged in discussions with Shell.