LAGOS (AFP) — Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell has restructured its upstream operations in Nigeria to promote effficiency, productivity and cut costs, a company statement said Wednesday.
It said subsidiaries like Shell Production and Development Company Limited, Shell exploration and Production Africa Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited had been merged into one.
“The One Shell project seeks to eliminate duplication of the activities of its subsidiaries,” Shell said.
Managing director Basil Omiyi said apart from the support services that would be shared among the three subsidiaries, there would be one umbrella organisation for production, development and projects.
“We are operating in an extremely difficult enviornment where levels of production have been severely curtailed by the security situation for some time,” he said.
“Under these circumstances, we must take action in order to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and maintain a robust upstream business in the interests of both Shell, our partners and Nigeria in general,” he added.
Shell is Nigeria’s largest operator, accounting for around half of the country’s daily output of 2.6 million barrels at peak production, but the unrest in the restive Niger Delta has reduced the firm’s production by 477,000 bpd.
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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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