By Alaric Nightingale and Paul Okolo
April 20 (Bloomberg) — Transocean Inc., the world’s largest offshore oil and gas driller, said a ship supporting one of its oil rigs was attacked off the coast of Nigeria by militants.
The vessel was attacked yesterday while supporting the Trident 8 jack-up rig, Guy Cantwell, a spokesman for Transocean Inc., said today by telephone from Houston.
No hostages were taken from the ship, he said. Earlier, Reuters reported three hostages were taken, citing people it didn’t identify.
Militants in the Niger Delta, who’ve kidnapped dozens of oil workers and halted almost a quarter of the nation’s oil production, pledged today to continue their campaign for control of the region’s resources before tomorrow’s presidential election.
The Nigerian navy denied earlier a report from Reuters that it operated the ship. Capt. Obiora Medani, a spokesman for the Nigerian Navy, said by telephone from Abuja today that the vessel is owned by Conoil Plc, the country’s fourth-largest fuel retailer and operator of the rig.
Conoil’s company’s Chief Executive Officer Ebi Omatsola wasn’t available for comment.
To contact the reporters on this story: Alaric Nightingale in London at [email protected] ; Paul Okolo in Lagos via Johannesburg on [email protected]
Last Updated: April 20, 2007 12:44 EDT
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.
