French oil company Rubis SA has entered into negotiations with Royal Dutch Shell to purchase from the Shell Company of Bermuda all of its marketing and distribution operations.
Yesterday Phil Burton, country chairman Royal Dutch/Shell Companies Bermuda said: “Royal Dutch Shell received the offer from the Rubis Group to buy a network of 12 retail service stations, distribution assets and facilities, lubricants and liquefied petroleum gas businesses.” The value of the transaction was not disclosed by Shell.
“Shell is studying the offer and a final decision is subject to the approval of shareholders and the Bermuda regulatory authorities,” Mr. Burton said.
Rubis expects the final contract to be signed during the third quarter of 2006 and, if the offer is accepted, Rubis intends to maintain the Shell brand name in the service stations and the existing supply contracts.
The operations concerned represent a volume of $45 million in revenue and $3.6 million in net profit, Rubis said.
In December 2005, Mr. Burton said Shell’s marketing and distribution operations in Bermuda may be sold after the company announced it was holding exploratory talks with companies that could be potential partners or buyers.
“Shell made a decision to look at the possibility of selling the business. The discussions are the outcome of lengthy process,” Mr. Burton said.
Rubis has grown to be one of the largest bulk storage operators in France. Through Rubis Gaz, the company distributes liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to retailers as well as propane and butane to residential and commercial customers.
“Backed by an independent logistics base consisting of two major import storage areas for fuels and combustibles and an LPG import terminal, Rubis will be a leading player in Bermuda both in service stations and LPG supply,” a Rubis spokesperson said.
If the contract is signed this deal will expand Rubis’ presence in the region after it acquired Shell’s businesses in the French Antilles and French Guyana.
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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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