BAE also got into trouble for paying similar size bribes to Saudi Arabian officials to facilitate a deal for Eurofighters. When British investigators sought to prosecute BAE, the Saudis threatened to cut off counter-terrorism cooperation if the British investigators did not back off. The British government ordered the prosecution halted.
December 9th, 2008:
The Bountiful Bribes From BAE (*Shell was at the heart of the BAE/Saudi scandal)
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Credit Crisis May Delay Shtokman Project
The credit crisis could delay the launch of Russia's giant Shtokman gas field, the head of the project's operator said Monday.
BP Exploration to Spend $1.2B in Alaska in ’09
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. will spend $1.2 billion on capital projects in Alaska in 2009, a 30 percent increase over the $900 million spent in 2008, a company spokesman said Dec. 2. The increase comes even as BP suspends some marginal Prudhoe Bay field projects because of lower crude oil prices and state tax effects.
Dominion, Shell Complete NedPower Mount Storm Wind Project
Dominion and Shell WindEnergy Inc. (Shell) announced today the completion of the NedPower Mount Storm LLC wind energy project in which they each own a 50 percent interest. Sited along the high ridges of West Virginia, the project is now fully operational, generating up to 264 megawatts of electricity from a renewable energy source for the mid-Atlantic power grid.
Gamble on gigantic LNG project is set to come good
Royal Dutch Shell is building the 140,000b/d Pearl GTL complex at a cost of more than $18bn.
Refiners rush to store cheap crude
Brokers estimate about 10 VLCCs, or very large crude carriers, are holding about 20 million barrels offshore in the U.S. Gulf.
Shell Weighs Green Project
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Dutch utility Essent NV said Monday they have agreed to study the feasibility of a 1,000-megawatt power plant in the Netherlands from which carbon-dioxide emissions would be captured and stored underground.
Shell International Finance sold largest deal of the day on Bond Market
On the non-guaranteed side of the market, Shell International Finance, the financing arm of energy giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA), sold the largest deal of the day. Its 30-year issue was sold at a risk premium of 325 basis points over Treasurys, according to an investor. Shell is raising funds for general corporate purposes.
Oil Glut: Why Contango Is Stretching the Oil Market, and Why You Should Care
How severe is the global oil glut? Its the worst in at least a decade, if oil-market tea leaves are any guide. That explains why oil companies like Shell have contracted more than 16 supertankers (including our friend the Leander) to simply hold onto crude until prices go up.
Tossing Capex Over the Side
Chesapeake is facing the reality of contracting energy demand and credit availability. Several of its peers, from Royal Dutch Shell to Apache Corp., have also delayed new projects until energy demand, and prices, stabilize.
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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