09.15.2006, 10:28 AM
MOSCOW (AFX) – Russian authorities have requested that foreign energy majors in production sharing agreements with the Russian government turn over their technical and financial data.
The request from the Russian natural resources ministry was addressed to the Russian offices of Total, Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell, which are all working on major energy projects in Siberia.
The requested data should include ‘the text of the production sharing agreement with all changes and additions, forecasts of main technical and economic data, and the history of the figures from the start of the project,’ the ministry said in a statement.
Shell, which heads up a consortium developing the Sakhalin-2 project off Russia’s Pacific coast, is already encountering major difficulties in its 20-bln-usd oil and gas project on Sakhalin.
Environmental protests and technical delays have multiplied on the project, and Shell has been forced to halt construction after a complaint by Russian authorities.
Russia’s Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev on Tuesday criticised the management of Sakhalin-2 and said he was concerned Russia could lose 10 bln usd in forecast revenue.
Production sharing agreements were agreed between foreign energy companies and the Russian government in the 1990s to provide stable investment conditions and guarantee returns to the authorities once they become profitable.
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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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