James Brewer, Lloyds List
Published: Sep 11, 2007
UNDERWRITERS have cast doubt over the validity of allegations that there have been serious flaws in the safety record of Shell and other North Sea operators.
They said that in a testing environment, Shell had proved to be ‘the best of the best’ operators.
Experts in Copenhagen for the IUMI annual conference were sceptical about concerns raised by, among others, the Washington-based campaign group Oil Change International over ageing equipment.
The UK Health and Safety Executive is said to have issued 42 notices to Shell and 25 to BP since 1999.
Frank Costa, vice-chairman of the IUMI energy and offshore committee, said that in striving to develop the fields and to protect life, the major companies had developed the best practices.
The North Sea was to have been closed as a production area by now, but because of technology, the life of fields had been prolonged.
‘The oil companies spend a lot of money offshore. It behoves them to put out a good product. Obviously [in the insurance market] there is risk selection, but generally speaking, the offshore sector is a very well managed, safety conscious environment.’
Mr Costa said that construction standards for platforms had improved since 1985, enabling them to withstand a category 3 hurricane.
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.
