The oil exploration sector is rife with takeovers and speculation at the moment, and traders are currently hearing of another possible bid, Royal Dutch Shell for Heritage Oil.
Heritage shares have jumped 29p to 469p on the tale, valuing the company at around £1.3bn. The wrinkle here is that Heritage has already agreed to a merger with Turkey’s Genel Energy, so Shell would be breaking up that little party if it is really interested. Shell, meanwhile, has seen its A shares slip 3p to £14.62.
Another report had BP involved in a possible deal, with a suggestion it was interested in Dana Petroleum. BP is 2.1p better at 473.7p, while Dana – recently said to be in the sights of Germany’s RWE – has climbed 34p to £13.34.
While these have not been confirmed, there have been some concrete developments in the sector. Emerald Energy, down 1.5p to 630.5p today on profit taking, has admitted to a bid approach, while British Gas owner Centrica, up 0.75p to 225p, has offered 845p a share for Venture Production, down 3.5p at 825p, and China’s Sinopec recently agreed to buy Swiss group Addax Petroleum.
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.
