I used to work for Imperial Oil ( Aka Exxon, Esso and few others ) and they are almost impossible to obtain used items from surplus, I've taken sledgehammers to computers, cutting torches to anything metal and run over buildings with a cat, even items like steel pipe they wouldn't let you buy them, they are deathly afraid of anything that can somehow, even perceivably become a liability, and I know that your thinking it's a light, but there lawyer is thinking it's an electrocution hazard, or maybe an explosion hazard, or a burn hazard, hence Liability.. (really that is how they think.)
Your best bet is to talk to anyone on the site, or second best call Shell and tell them your interested in leasing the site and ask them to put you in contact with the owner, that might annoy them but it works to get in contact with them, and then again they might be ok if they make a few bucks, on something they are only going to toss out, and who knows they might let you take everything because they don't have to pay you, seriously I've seen that happen the guy got all the copper, panels, lights, and everything they could sell as scrap and all they had to do in trade was take care of the grass cutting to get the city of there back, which they did and then they sprayed it with roundup so they didn't have to return and cut it again..
And if you get lucky and find a worker, really beer works wonders in trade, I've seen lots of things that didn't make it to the dumpster, or get run over by a cat from doors, pipe, metering equipment, full electrical panels, lighting, fridges, pumps, motors, switch gear...
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