Thursday April 3rd, 2008 / 12h48
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BP PLC (BP) Chief Executive Tony Hayward is meeting OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) Chairman Alexey Miller Thursday to continue discussions on a strategic alliance signed last year, a spokesman for the British oil giant said.
The talks come amid mounting speculation that a Russian state company may acquire a stake in BP’s Russian joint-venture, TNK-BP (TNBP.RS).
Thursday’s discussions are focusing on the finalization of a partnership agreement signed in June last year between Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and BP.
“It’s a routine visit, which was planned at least a month ago,” a BP spokesman in Moscow said.
A person familiar with the matter said the finalization of the divestment of TNK-BP’s stake in the Kovykta gas field wasn’t on the agenda of the meeting.
The spokesman said BP’s Hayward will discuss the 2007 agreement with Miller. He added that he will also meet Russian state oil company Rosneft (ROSN.RS) and BP’s Russian partners in TNK-BP. Both Rosneft and Gazprom are said to be interested in buying a stake in TNK-BP, though Gazprom is expected to have the upper hand if it bids.
Company Web site: www.bp.com
By Alexander Kolyandr and Benoit Faucon, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 20 7842 9410; [email protected]
Thursday April 3rd, 2008 / 12h48 Source : Dowjones Business News
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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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