SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile,Research, Stock Buzz) have signed a preliminary deal to jointly explore, develop and produce offshore gas fields in Abu Dhabi, Shell said on Monday.
“ADNOC and Shell Abu Dhabi signed a memorandum of understanding today under which Shell will evaluate potential joint exploration, development and production with ADNOC of offshore deep gas fields prospects in Abu Dhabi,” Shell said in a statement.
“Once the evaluation is completed, Shell hopes to move forward rapidly with final agreements in order to quickly begin joint exploration and development activities.”
The United Arab Emirates, of which Abu Dhabi is one, holds the world’s fifth-largest gas reserves at nearly 214 trillion cubic feet, much of it sour.
In July, ADNOC and ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research,Stock Buzz) signed a deal to develop sour gas reserves in the UAE for a cost that could exceed $10 billion, one of the largest in the past year open to international companies competing for limited access to the Middle East’s oil and gas fields. [ID:nL08450536]
Shell is already in a joint venture with Abu Dhabi Onshore Company (ADCO) with a 9.5 percent interest and with Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) with a 15 percent stake, it said. (Reporting by Annika Breidthardt; Editing by Ramthan Hussain)
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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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