Dec 9, 2008
Iranian.ws
Royal Dutch Shell is to continue preparatory work on a $10 billion natural gas project in Iran, despite calls from leading U.S. pension funds to withdraw, SHARECAST reported from London on Thursday.
The pension funds pressuring Royal Dutch Shell and other multinational energy companies to cease operations in Iran include New Yorks five main pension funds and the California Public Employees Retirement System, which has $700m invested in Shell, according to reports.
The funds are themselves under pressure from state legislators in the U.S. to sell off their holdings in companies that have ties to Iran. The companys chief executive, Jeroen van der Veer, said in a conference call to reporters that when the time comes to make a decision on whether to proceed, the political situation in Iran would be factored in to the decision making process.
Royal Dutch Shell said it would take one year to decide whether or not to proceed with the construction phase. The chief executive maintained that rising industry costs and negotiation on deal terms had delayed a planned multi-billion dollar investment in Iran, rather than the threat of sanctions.
It is primarily project reasons … are the reasons for delay, Reuters news agency reported. Shell has been in talks for years about building Iran’s first liquefied natural gas project, which would be fed by the giant South Pars gas field. Van der Veer said Shell would consider the political environment when it had agreed a viable technical plan — made more difficult by the U.S. sanctions which preclude the use of products or services from U.S. oil service corporations.
Shell also needs to agree financial terms with Tehran. Iran has in the past offered foreign companies unappealing contracts. “We have to realize that we better make sure we make the economics of such a project right,” the CEO added. LNG is gas cooled to liquid so it can be transported economically in ships over long distances.
The U.S. government also says a handful of Chinese companies have ramped up shipments of military technologies to Iran, part of a surge in China-Iran trade that is complicating efforts to apply pressure on Tehran to rein in its nuclear program, writes The Wall Street Journal. The State Department and its embassy in Beijing have lodged “numerous” formal protests with the Chinese government since the start of the year over the shipments, U.S. officials said.
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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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