Bloomberg.com
By Tracy Withers
May 12 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Europes biggest oil company, is seeking expressions of interest for most of its New Zealand downstream operations including fuel retailing and its stake in the nations only refinery.
Shell has appointed UBS AG to advise on the sale of the assets to a single buyer, Jackie Maitland, Shells Wellington- based communications manager, said in an interview today. A stake in civil contractor Fulton Hogan will be retained.
Shell said in February it was reviewing the assets, which include a 17 percent stake in New Zealand Refining Co. and 230 fuel outlets for possible sale. Shell is one of the nations biggest oil and gas explorers and operates New Zealands largest fields. None of the upstream exploration and production assets are under review.
The assets for sale encompass Shells involvement in chemicals, bitumen, commercial fuel, aviation, marine, retailing and distribution. The New Zealand Refining stake is worth NZ$277 million ($167 million) based on todays closing prices.
Maitland said UBS will produce an information memorandum and Shell expects to have expressions of interest by August.
Exxon Mobil Corp., the worlds biggest publicly traded oil company, may sell its 800 Australian fuel outlets for A$500 million ($379 million), the Australian Financial Review reported today, without saying where it got the information.
To contact the reporter on this story: Tracy Withers in Wellington at[email protected].
Last Updated: May 12, 2009 02:03 EDT
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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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