Forbes: Royal Dutch/Shell, Gazprom agree asset swap
“Royal Dutch/Shell Group said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russian group Gazprom regarding the swap of certain assets in Russia.”
Thursday 7 July 2005
AMSTERDAM (AFX) – Royal Dutch/Shell Group said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russian group Gazprom regarding the swap of certain assets in Russia.
Under the deal, Gazprom would acquire up to a 25 pct stake plus one share in the Sakhalin-II liquid natural gas venture offshore east Russia. Shell owns 55 pct of Sakhalin-II, while Japan’s Mitsui & Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Corp own the remaining 25 pct and 20 pct.
Shell would acquire a 50 pct stake in Gazprom’s Zapolyarnoye Neocomian hydrocarbon field in West Siberia. Shell is already active in the region with its Salym project.
The difference in value in the assets, yet to be defined by the parties, will be compensated through a package of cash and other assets, Shell said in a statement.
The companies expect to finalize agreement in 2006. Talks on bringing Gazprom into the Sakhalin venture have been underway for several months.
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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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