Scotland On Sunday: Eyes on Shell again as new boss tries to fight back
“…Cairn Energy – the Edinburgh firm which looks set to rake in bucketloads of cash from Indian assets it bought for a song from Shell – officially begins trading on the FTSE100 tomorrow.”
IAIN DEY
19 Sept 04
SHELL is set to find itself the centre of the market’s attention yet again this week as it unveils the findings of its strategic review.
The oil giant’s new chairman, Jeroen van der Veer, and his head of exploration, Malcolm Brinded, will try to draw a line under the reserves reporting scandal which hammered its shares earlier in the year.
But investors are expected to have to wait until November to hear details of any changes to its baroque corporate structure – which remains the biggest issue for the City.
Yet if he is to win back the support of the City, van der Veer will have to pull something out of the hat with Wednesday’s announcement. Analysts are keen to see more news on asset disposals, following on from a US$10bn sell-off programme which has already affected some of its downstream assets (petrol stations and refineries) in parts of Europe.
But there is some expectation that the firm could also tighten its production forecasts, predicting that output will fall as much as 5% both this year and next.
For those who like to make the comparison, it is also worth noting that Cairn Energy – the Edinburgh firm which looks set to rake in bucketloads of cash from Indian assets it bought for a song from Shell – officially begins trading on the FTSE100 tomorrow.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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