October 02, 2006
By Martin Waller
BP AND Shell are among 47 companies that Libya has qualified to compete in its latest round of oil and gas licensing since the lifting of sanctions, the state-owned National Oil Corp (NOC) said over the weekend.
The NOC reported on its website that applications had been received from 70 companies interested in possible exploration and production-sharing agreements.
Libya wants to attract foreign investment to help it to increase its oil output capacity from about 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) to more than 3.0 million bpd by 2010 or 2012.
The Libyan auction, the third since the lifting of US sanctions in 2004, lists 12 offshore blocks and 29 onshore areas. The results of the bidding will be announced on December 20.
Less than a third of Libya has been explored for oil. The country’s estimated reserves of 37 billion barrels put it among the top ten potential oil exporters. Heading the list of Western concerns qualifying is the Libyan offshoot of ExxonMobil. BP comes in second and Shell Exploration and Production Libya fifth.
Separately, Carlyle Group, the American private equity group, declined to comment on a report that it had prevailed in the auction to buy Tamoil, Libya’s European oil company, at a price of $3 billion (£1.6 billion).
Carlyle is believed to be among the front-runners to clinch the deal, along with Jan Kulczyk, the Polish businessman, and an investment fund from the United Arab Emirates, but it is not thought that a decision has been made by the Libyan authorities.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-2384317,00.html
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.
