Russia’s environmental agency has asked for an extra month to probe the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project and has warned it may prosecute its operator.
Natural resources minister Yuri Trutnev said that environmental breaches at the project, led by Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell, broke five criminal codes.
Earlier this week Russia reiterated that it could withdraw Shell’s licence for the $22bn (£11.7bn) project.
But operator Sakhalin Energy insisted the probe would not delay its launch.
“The current situation could lead to some delays in completing certain elements of the project, but it will in no way lead to a delay in the project as a whole,” said chief executive Ian Craig.
“Every problem will be dealt with in the correct manner and in full partnership, openness and transparency with the supervisory agencies.”
Development
Russia’s environmental agency, RosProdNadzor, has said it needs more time for its investigations because the scheme differs significantly from original plans.
However, some analysts said the way the Sakhalin issue had been handled was designed to strengthen the government’s position in renegotiating the development of the field.
The aim, they said, was to get Russian energy giant Gazprom into the project – the world’s largest single oil and gas scheme – as a partner.
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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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