30 March 2007
Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd (Shell) and OJSC Alliance Group (Alliance) announce a commitment to establishing a joint venture to operate a network of more than 150 Shell-branded retail sites in the Ukraine. This deal will provide Ukrainian customers with access to high quality fuels at competitive prices and with an emphasis on customer service.
“With this joint venture we are delivering our strategy to invest in growing markets,” said Rob Routs, Executive Director of Shell’s Downstream business. “Ukraine’s large population, projected GDP and its strategic location in Eastern Europe make it attractive and an important part of our future retail business in Europe. We welcome the opportunity to work with a company such as Alliance, a respected organisation with expertise in Ukraine, and look forward to developing our cooperation.”
Musa Bazhaev, President of Alliance Group, said: “We are pleased with the development of our relationship with Shell in Ukraine. Cooperation between our companies has opened the way to Ukraine for a most innovative international business. I am confident that our joint venture will be beneficial for both parties and will make an important contribution to development in the economic and social spheres in Ukraine.”
Alliance’s existing sites in Ukraine will be upgraded and re-branded as Shell sites – that will enable the JV to benefit from Shell’s experience and global reach and Alliance’s local knowledge. The agreement is based on the success of the Trademark Licence Agreement trial in Ukraine last year, with the six Shell-branded retail sites in the Kiev area yielding positive and encouraging results. Over a six-month period retail volumes have more than doubled.
By purchasing fuel at Shell-branded sites, Ukrainian motorists will join the 20 million customers of the world’s largest retail fuel network, who every day experience the Shell commitment to product quality and high service standards at more than 46,000 Shell-branded retail stations in over 90 countries world-wide.
Shell will have a 51% share and Alliance a 49% share of the newly established joint venture. Start of operations is subject to fulfillment of certain conditions, including obtaining regulatory approval.
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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.
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