Profits at fuel stations helped Shell beat its European rival BP
26 July 2007
High oil prices have helped Royal Dutch Shell to increase profits by more than 20% in the April-to-June quarter.
The Anglo-Dutch firm said net profit, measured by current cost of supply, was $7.6bn (£3.7bn) for the period, up from $6.3bn in the same period a year ago.
The rise came after increased profit margins at its refinery business and on fuel sales, which outweighed the anticipated 2% fall in production.
Earlier this week, rival BP reported a fall in its second-quarter earnings.
It said that falling production and refinery problems were to blame.
Russia sale
Shell’s chief executive, Jeroen van der Veer, said the firm had delivered “another competitive set of results”.
Production of oil and gas dropped 2% to 3.2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, which was in line with analysts’ expectations, Shell said.
Earlier, it sold its majority stake in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project off Russia’s Pacific coast to Gazprom.
The move came after Russian authorities repeatedly refused to grant it the necessary environmental certificates.
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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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