By Torrey Clark
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) — OAO Gazprom said Royal Dutch Shell Plc made new proposals for the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 oil and gas venture, following months of criticism by the Russian government over the project’s environmental record.
“We are analyzing the proposals,” Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said today in an e-mailed response to questions. “A decision will be made taking into consideration the Sakhalin-2 project’s existing problems, including environmental.” He declined to elaborate.
Shell Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer met last week in Moscow with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko for talks, Maxim Shoob, vice president of Shell’s Russia unit, said by phone from Moscow.
He declined to comment on a Reuters report that cited unidentified industry people as saying that Shell had agreed in principle for Gazprom to gain a majority stake in the project.
“The talks on Friday were positive and constructive,” Shell spokesman Andre Romeyn said by phone from The Hague. The nature of the talks weren’t disclosed. Romeyn declined to comment on whether Shell would issue a statement later today.
Sakhalin-2, Russia’s only major oil and gas project fully owned by foreigners, faces environment audits and the possible loss of permits as investors negotiate a $10 billion budget increase with the government and a share swap with Gazprom, the state-run natural gas export monopoly. The project is key to Shell’s plans to revive output and boost reserves.
To contact the reporter on this story: Torrey Clark in Moscow at [email protected] .
Last Updated: December 11, 2006 03:19 EST
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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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