By Sheila McNulty
Published: February 6 2007 02:00 | Last updated: February 6 2007 02:00
Gale Norton, former US secretary of the interior, has joined Shell as general counsel for Shell Exploration and Production, writes Sheila McNulty.
From her office in Colorado, Ms Norton has been providing and co-ordinating legal services for Shell in its Unconventional Resources division since mid-January.
This division is focused on developing and testing proprietary technology that is designed to enhance oil recovery from sources such as oil shale and extra heavy oils.
John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Company and US country chair, has travelled the US in recent months publicising Shell’s efforts. “Oil shale in the Colorado, Utah and Wyoming region represents a trillion-barrel resource of oil and gas, which for decades, if not centuries, could continue to supply the oil and gas needs of America. Not exclusively, but in conjunction with conventional oil and gas,” he said in November. “The unconventional reserve of a trillion barrels is, we believe, tappable.”
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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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