By BENOIT FAUCON
July 26, 2007 2:41 a.m.
LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell PLC Thursday posted an 18% rise in net profit for the second quarter as strong refining margins more than offset barrels lost from unrest in Nigeria.
The Anglo-Dutch oil giant posted a net profit of $8.67 billion, or $1.38 per share, for the three months ended June 30, compared with $7.32 billion, or $1.13 a share, for the same period last year.
The rising profit confirms the merits of being an integrated oil major, as refining margins make up for stagnant oil output and prices. The number contrasts with Shell’s rival BP PLC, whose second-quarter results were hurt by outages at a U.S. refinery.
The diverging fortunes between the two companies exemplify the progress made by Shell’s Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer and his management team, who took charge in the wake of a reserves scandal in 2004.
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
