By Dinakar Sethuraman
June 19 (Bloomberg) — Woodside Petroleum Ltd. shares rose to the highest in a year after a report that 34 percent shareholder Royal Dutch Shell Plc may bid for Australia’s second- biggest oil and gas producer.
The stock of the Perth-based company rose as much as A$1.23, or 2.7 percent, to A$47.18 on the Australian Stock Exchange, a 52-week high after LNG Intelligence said Shell may try again to buy the rest of the company. Woodside spokesman Roger Martin declined to comment on the report.
The Australian government in 2001 prevented Shell from increasing its stake in Woodside, citing national interest. Woodside is the operator of the North West Shelf Venture, which exports about 12 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year. It is also proposing to spend as much as A$10 billion ($8.4 billion) to develop its Pluto LNG project off Western Australia.
Shell may not act on any proposed offer before Australian general elections expected this year or early 2008, LNG Intelligence said. Shell may be able to ship more LNG to the U.S. if it gains control of Woodside, the report said.
Last week, U.K.-based broker Cazenove Group said that a merger of BG Group Plc and Woodside may benefit both companies.
LNG is natural gas chilled to liquid form for transportation by tanker to destinations not connected by pipeline.
Woodside shares were trading at A$46.46 at 1:15 p.m. in Sydney.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dinakar Sethuraman in Singapore at [email protected] .
Last Updated: June 18, 2007 23:17 EDT
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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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