ASIALINKS DAILY VIEW
By MICHAEL CONNOLLY
January 15, 2007
Further ignoring pressure from the U.S. after Beijing warned Washington not to meddle in its trade relations with Iran, China’s biggest oil company is set to deepen its involvement in Iran’s energy sector through a $3.6 billion liquefied natural-gas project. National Petroleum Corp. is finalizing a memorandum of understanding with Iran’s oil ministry to invest the sum in developing Iran’s South Pars natural-gas field.
Washington fears that China’s dealings in Iran, which have seen PetroChina Co. and Cnooc Ltd. negotiate big LNG deals recently, could hurt international efforts to pressure the Islamic republic to abandon its nuclear program. Last week, Washington raised concern over plans by Cnooc to invest $16 billion on developing Iran’s North Pars field and building LNG facilities.
Chinese oil firms aren’t alone in targeting Iran’s natural-gas reserves, which are the second-largest in the world. In addition to France’s Total SA, other Western oil companies to have invested in the country include Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Spain’s Repsol YPF SA. Last month, Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. won approval from National Iranian Oil Co. for a gas-supply agreement. A spokesman for Australian Trade Minister Warren Truss noted at the time that Australia has no bilateral sanctions against Iran.
Read our editorial writers’ views on squeezing Iran:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116856988277774738.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.
