Shell's Uneasy Island Venture
On Sakhalin, in easternmost Russia, Royal Dutch Shell is staking out an expensive oil and gas subsidiary. These pictures show what life is like
On Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, Royal Dutch Shell is building what is probably the world's most expensive oil and gas subsidiary. Shell's subsidiary, Sakhalin Energy, is developing two fields — one oil and one gas. The fields lie off the island's northeast coast. The oil and gas will be brought onshore and then transported by two buried pipelines to facilities at the island's southern end. There the oil and the gas will be supercooled into liquefied natural gas, loaded onto ships, and transported to world markets. The cost of the whole enterprise is now estimated at $20 billion. London Bureau Chief Stanley Reed visited Sakhalin Island recently. Here's a look at Shell's undertaking and moments from the lives of the local population of 530,000.
Edited by Rose Brady
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
