MADRID, Sept 25 (Reuters) – French oil giant Total (TOTF.PA: Quote, Profile,Research, Stock Buzz) and rival Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) are studying buying the 20 percent stake in Repsol (REP.MC: Quote, Profile,Research, Stock Buzz) of building group Sacyr Vallehermoso (SVO.MC: Quote,Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), financial daily Expansion reported on Thursday, without citing its sources.
The pair is also considering buying the stakes of other shareholders in the Spanish energy group, including the 12.7 percent stake of Spanish savings bank La Caixa, it said.
Buying the Sacyr and La Caixa stakes would oblige any buyer under Spanish law to launch a full takeover bid.
Neither Shell nor Total would comment on the report.
The Spanish government has indicated it would look favourably on Total taking over Repsol, Expansion cited sources close to discussions on the issue as saying.
Earlier this month, Sacyr said it could sell its stake as it struggles with a sinking property market and soaring financial costs. (Reporting by Sarah Morris; Editing by Paul Bolding)
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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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