APRIL 1, 2009
By GUY CHAZAN | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA
Sakhalin Energy has no plans to enlarge its Sakhalin-2 liquefied-natural-gas venture in Russia’s Far East for now, the company’s chief executive said Tuesday, dashing the hopes of some Russian officials that the project would be expanded.
Ian Craig said the company had decided not to progress to a third LNG train at Sakhalin-2, though there were sufficient natural-gas reserves in the license area to underpin expansion.
Sakhalin Energy was originally controlled by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, in partnership with Mitsui& Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan. But in 2006 Shell was forced to cede a majority stake to Gazprom. All the other shareholders had to reduce their holdings, and Shell now has a 27.5% share.
The Sakhalin-2 LNG plant was launched with much fanfare in February, and its first LNG cargo is due to arrive in Japan Wednesday. Most of its production has been presold under long-term contracts to Japan, South Korea and the U.S., and is ultimately expected to provide 8% of Japan’s LNG demand and 5% of South Korea’s.
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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.
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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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