ALBERTA – The cost of the first phase of the proposed Athabasca Oil Sands Project expansion is skyrocketing, SHELL CANADA of Calgary warned last week. The AOSP is owned 60% by Shell, 20% by WESTERN OIL SANDS and 20% by CHEVRONTEXACO. According to Western, costs will be up 50% from the $7.3 billion estimated as recently as August 2005, and that number was up from the original $4.0 billion figure.
One of the key factors facing the AOSP expansion, and many other large construction projects around the world, is the intense demand for construction labour, materials and supplies which have resulted in unprecedented increases in capital costs. This demand is further intensified in Alberta by the development of multiple oil sands projects, Western said in a press release.
The planned expansion is aimed at raising total output over the next decade to at least 500,000 bbl/day in three 100,000-bbl/day phases. Increased capacity at the Muskeg River mine north of Fort McMurray, the adjacent bitumen extraction plant and the Scotford upgrader near Fort Saskatchewan are all needed. Shell and its partners are reviewing all aspects of controlling the costs, while at the same time proceeding with front-end engineering work on the first phase.
The partners plan to make a final investment decision on the expansion by the end of the year. Additional information is available both at www.Shell.ca and www.WesternOilSands.com.
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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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