Approximately 250 New Orleans-based Shell employees returned home today. Another 750 employees will follow the week of February 20th. These individuals and their jobs represent important contributions to the emerging economic recovery of the region and its community fabric. Shell is one of the largest New Orleans Central Business District employers and employs more than 4,000 people in the State.

It sounds simple but it's actually quite complicated when you have to do it at 3,000 feet below the sea. It's never been done before.