June 25, 2007
A new pipeline project highlights Europe’s uncertain relationship with energy power Russia.
The project by Eni SpA and OAO Gazprom to build a pipeline into the heart of Europe may help slake the continent’s rising thirst for natural gas, but it could also boost the Russian gas company’s direct control of Europe’s energy supply.
Representatives of the Russian and Italian governments Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on a 900-kilometer pipeline that could carry as much as 30 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Russia into Europe through the Black Sea. If the project, which is to be owned and financed via a 50-50 joint venture between Eni and Gazprom, overcomes regulatory hurdles, construction would begin as early as next year.
Saturday’s deal has wide-ranging implications for Europe as well as the companies involved. The European Union is under pressure to find new sources of natural gas to feed its growing demand just as its internal production is falling. But just as Europe needs new pipelines, European politicians are increasingly concerned with the continent’s dependence on Russia for future energy supply.
Eni has launched itself as Gazprom’s top partner in Europe — a strategy that could eventually give Eni an advantage over other major oil companies. BP PLC last week sold its stake in a vast Siberian gas field to Gazprom after coming under regulatory pressure from the Russian authorities. Earlier Royal Dutch Shell PLC sold control of the Sakhalin-2 project, in far east Russia, to Gazprom.
Read the report by Gabriel Kahn:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118262448220046031.html
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.
