LA PLATA, Md. — SMO Inc. an affiliate of Maryland-based branded wholesaler The Wills Group Inc., entered into a joint venture agreement with Motiva Enterprises LLC to form Potomac Energy Holdings LLC and subsequently acquired 73 existing Shell-branded retail locations in Maryland, The Wills Group stated.
As reported in a CSNews Online newsflash late yesterday, the stations, primarily in Montgomery, Prince Georges and Howard counties, will continue to operate under the Shell brand and sell Shell-branded fuels. SMO will provide management oversight of the locations as a part of its partnership with Motiva, according to the company. The new partnership committed more than $3 million for immediate investment in new equipment to better serve the customer transaction process, the company stated.
“This latest purchase is a new venture for us in working with Shell as our financial partner,” Lock Wills, president and CEO, said in a statement. “We are excited about the opportunity and looking forward to building the value of the Shell brand experience for customers.”
The Wills Group supplies more than 300 dealer-operated stations throughout the mid-Atlantic region, and offers Dash In Food Store franchising and 5 Cents Off Thursdays programs.
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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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