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By Stephen Bierman and Paul Abelsky
June 27 (Bloomberg) — Russia is prepared to cooperate with Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europes largest oil producer, on oil and gas projects in the Russian Far East known as Sakhalin-3 and Sakhalin-4, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
Putin, speaking at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow, met with Shell Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer, and Peter Voser, who will become the next chief executive.
Now is an ideal time to move quickly on Sakhalin-3 and Sakhalin-4 because building costs are low, Van der Veer said today. Shell and Russias state-run OAO Gazprom are partners in the Sakhalin-2 project, which loaded Russias first commercial shipment of liquefied natural gas for Japan in March. The LNG plant may provide about 7 percent of Japans LNG demand.
Gazprom took control of the Sakhalin-2 development from Shell in 2006 after regulators threatened to close the $22 billion project on environmental grounds. Russias gas export monopoly, which has traditionally sent gas to Europe via pipelines, is seeking to break into new markets by cooling fuel to a liquid for transport by tanker.
I think it is a natural progress, having built Sakhalin- 2, we will obviously build on that successful start-up for the next project, Voser said. The Hague-based Shell was examining plans with Gazprom to expand projects beyond their Sakhalin-2 venture, Voser said in April.
Shell also signed a general cooperation agreement today with OAO Sovcomflot for Russias biggest shipper to provide transport for LNG produced on Sakhalin island and the Yamal peninsula. Shell also plans to charter Aframax tankers from Sovcomflot for European trade.
To contact the reporter on this story: Stephen Bierman in Moscow at [email protected]; Paul Abelsky in St. Petersburg at [email protected].
Last Updated: June 27, 2009 08:22 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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