HOUSTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. Congress should open new areas to offshore drilling before new lawmakers take their seats next year, Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSB.LN) U.S. unit president John Hofmeister said Wednesday.
“We do hope that the current Congress does pass the OCS bill before the end of the current term,” Hofmeister told Dow Jones Newswires, referring to legislation that would give oil companies access to some areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that are currently off-limits to drilling.
Both chambers of Congress have passed drilling bills but have yet to reconcile their differences.
The Democrat-controlled House that resulted from Tuesday’s elections could mark a shift away from energy policies that favor lifting restrictions for oil companies, analysts say.
Speaking in the aftermath of an event where he was named Houston Executive of the Year, Hofmeister said that Shell has been pleading the case for more access with members of both parties. “We’ve been working with both Houses of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, during the past 15 months,” he said.
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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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