(The Murdoch gas platform in the North sea is seen in this file photo on January 11, 2007. Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil Corp. have put North Sea oil and gas fields with around 74,000 barrels per day of production up for sale, as the oil majors reduce their involvement in the mature oil province. REUTERS/ConocoPhillips/Handout)
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil Corp. have put North Sea oil and gas fields with around 74,000 barrels per day of production up for sale, as the oil majors reduce their involvement in the mature oil province.
A Shell spokesman said the company was already in talks with private-equity backed Fairfield Energy on the sale of some of the assets.
Many analysts believe that the oil majors should reduce their exposure to the North Sea and reinvest money in more prospective regions but UK-registered companies like Shell and rival BP are cautious about showing a lack of commitment to the North Sea.
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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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