By Upstream staff
Norwegian giant Statoil has taken on some of Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell’s stakes in a number of Norwegian Sea exploration licences.
Statoil struck a deal with Shell which will see it take on Shell’s stake in Production Licence 281, dubbed Midnattssol, in the Norwegian Sea from 1 January this year.
Statoil now has a 50% stake in Midnattssol. One exploration well, Elida, has already been drilled in the licence. Elida-2 is set to spud in May or June.
The other Midnattssol licensees are E.ON Ruhrgas (20%), Petoro (20%) and ConocoPhillips (10%).
Statoil will also take 2.5% of Shell’s 10% interest in PL328, called Obelix, in the North Sea’s Voring basin. The deal boosts Statoil’s stake in Obelix to 42.5%.
Statoil operates Obelix, with partners Shell (7.5%), Petoro (20%) and Gaz de France (30%).
The deals are subject to regulatory approval.
26 April 2007
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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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