Washington, DC (AHN) – Shell oil cancelled a major exploratory oil drilling operation off Alaska to focus on legal challenges to its offshore program in the region.
The cancellation of the Beaufort Sea operation will cost about 800 jobs in Alaska, a Shell spokesman said.
The decision was in reaction to a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit of Appeals’ Nov. 20 ruling that the U.S. Minerals Management Service did not fully assess the potential environmental impacts of the Beaufort Sea operation, and subsequently, Shell should not have been granted permission to drill there.
Shell officials said the company would be filing petitions to appeal the decision, but until then, the company will not pursue its ambitious Beaufort Sea operations.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she was disappointed in Shell’s decision because of its impact on the job market.
“Alaska’s economic past and future are tied directly to the development of our abundant natural resources,” the governor said in a statement. “The loss of this exploration activity will cost our state’s families hundreds of jobs next year.”
Palin also said Alaska will support Shell’s appeals petition.
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
