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CALGARY — Calgary is set to remain a key hub for Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s North American exploration and production operations, contrary to speculation that the company plans to move most management to Houston after completing its takeover of Shell Canada Ltd.
According to accounts from a company meeting in late April, Adrian Loader, director of strategy and business development with Royal Dutch Shell, said both Calgary and Houston will be “business centres” for the energy giant’s exploration and production division. Mr. Loader will assume executive authority for Shell Canada on June 6, based in Calgary.
“We intend to invest in and grow the business, and a key to delivering our aspirations lies in combining the skills and expertise of Shell Canada with the strength of Royal Dutch Shell,” Mr. Loader told staff.
Last month, Royal Dutch won its battle to buy the shares in Shell Canada that it didn’t already own, effectively ending Shell Canada’s existence as an independently run business and removing the need for a separate chief executive officer and other senior management. Shell Canada CEO Clive Mather, chief financial officer Cathy Williams and Ian Kilgour, senior vice-president of exploration and production, have all said they will retire in June, leading to speculation that Calgary will no longer be a major headquarters for Royal Dutch.
However, the city will remain a centre for Royal Dutch’s Western Hemisphere exploration and production, a division that now incorporates Shell Canada’s in situ oil sands business, according to accounts from the town hall.
Brian Straub, Shell Canada’s senior vice-president for the oil sands, retains his position in Calgary in charge of oil sands mining and upgrading, and will report to Rob Routs, a Royal Dutch executive director based in The Hague. Mr. Routs also worked for Shell Canada for about two decades.
Shell Canada spokesman Jeff Mann said the company wasn’t revealing details of the integration with Royal Dutch Shell at present, while Royal Dutch Shell didn’t return phone calls seeking comment.
On Thursday, Royal Dutch Shell CFO Peter Voser said the company will concentrate on integrating Shell Canada into its international operations before potentially considering other acquisitions in Canada.
There has been speculation that the Shell Canada buyout is a precursor to more Royal Dutch deals.
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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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