Fri Jun 2, 2006 7:36 AM BST
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell is in dispute with a little-known Nigerian company over ownership of a stake in a Nigerian oil block, that recent drilling suggested could be rich in hydrocarbons.
A Shell Nigerian subsidiary placed an advertisement in The Times on Thursday saying that it was taking legal action to assert ownership of a 40 percent interest in Nigerian Offshore Block OML 122.
“Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria Limited, the operator and retainer of 60 percent interest in OML 122 initiated court action against Shell in February 2006, seeking declarations to the effect that Shell’s interest has terminated,” the advertisement said.
“In seeking to protect its legal rights Shell has applied to the court for leave to counter-claim.”
The advertisement was signed “Management, Shell Nigeria Upstream Ventures Limited”.
Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) was unavailable for immediate comment, while attempts to contact Peak were unsuccessful.
However, an industry source said that the advertisement was identical to another Shell placed in the Nigerian press last month.
In response to that advertisement, Peak placed one of its own, the source said, in which it said the agreement signed in 1998 between Shell and Peak had only stated an intent to cooperate and that negotiations on a binding deal did not reach any conclusion. Continued…
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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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