Published: Sept. 19, 2007 at 2:21 PM
By ANDREA R. MIHAILESCU
Russian gas giant Gazprom has resumed negotiations with the Japan Bank for International Coop. to secure financing for the $20-plus billion Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas development project.
Financing the multibillion dollar project has become a key issue after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a core member of the planned lending syndicate, pulled out in early August because of concerns about how Gazprom gained control.
Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Gazprom, told the Nikkei that Gazprom and the three Sakhalin-2 partners have reached a memorandum of understanding for financing from JBIC.
Medvedev said the EBRD’s withdrawal would not affect JBIC’s lending.
The parties continue to hold talks about finalizing a deal. Medvedev said JBIC would consider financing not only Sakhalin-2, but also other resource development projects in such areas as eastern Siberia.
The Sakhalin-1 natural gas project, led by Exxon Mobil Corp., may serve as a test case. Exxon has already reached a basic agreement to export output to China. But noting that ExxonMobil’s plan presents economic issues, Medvedev indicated that progress has been made in negotiations to purchase the gas output. The gas would then be supplied to the Russian market or exported, 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.
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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