From Kingsley Nwezeh in Asaba, 08.16.2007
Following the escalating crisis in the Niger Delta region in the past few months, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) disclosed yesterday that it lost about $10.6 billion to the protracted kidnappings, killings and vandalisation of oil facilities which led to the closure of its western oil production since February 2006.
The closure is also said to have accounted for Delta State’s slip from the highest oil producing state status and share of the 13 per cent derivation fund from the Federation Account to an all time low and fourth position.
Shells’ External Affairs Manager, Corporate Affairs and West, Mr. Harriman Oyofo made the revelation at a workshop the company held for top government officials and legislators from Delta and Edo State at the Grand Hotel, Asaba.
The workshop with the theme, “Community and Shell Together” is part of the company’s re-entry consultation with stakeholders in its Western Areas of operation.
Oyofo told the gathering that due to the crisis in the Western areas of the company’s operation it had to suspend crude oil production since February 2006, stressing that , “we lose out production, losing money and losing manpower.
“The company’s spokesman put the loss the company suffered from that time till the period of the re-entry at over $10.6 billion, explaining that while the company was producing over 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day before the crisis it now produces about 400 barrels per day.
He clarified, however, that the crisis did not affect the production in Edo State , adding that the company also had little production in the land areas in Delta State.
Oyofo explained that what the company was producing from Edo State within the period under review was not going for export but was given to the Nigerian National Petroleum Cor-poration (NNPC) for local consumption.
The manager observed that Shell was not the only victim of the crisis but that the closure caused Delta State to slip from its position as the highest oil producing state and 13 per cent derivation to an abysmal fourth position.
He added that with even full production, Delta State would still have to pay back the backlog of what had accrued to it during the period of the closure, a situation he noted would not allow it to receive full 13 per cent.Also speaking at the occasion, Manager, Government Relations, West of Shell, Chief Charles Akeni advocated the local refinery of the country’s crude as against the current trend of producing for exports. “We should process our own crude oil within Nigeria. The sale of crude oil does not provide jobs or attracting foreign investment the Niger Delta Region needs,” he said.
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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.
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