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Chevron LNG field approved
By Peter Smith in Sydney and Carola Hoyos in London
Published: August 27 2009 03:00 | Last updated: August 27 2009 03:00
Gorgon, one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas deve-lopments, cleared its final big regulatory hurdle yesterday when Australia’s federal government granted environmental approval for the $42bn project.
Shell in 2007 signed a “sales and purchase” agreement with PetroChina for Gorgon LNG, while Chevron has agreements with three Japanese utilities.
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Gorgon go-ahead promises bonanza to oil groups
By Carola Hoyos, Chief energy correspondent
Published: August 27 2009 03:00 | Last updated: August 27 2009 03:00
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Australia’s decision yesterday to grant the Gorgon gas project environmental approval may turn out to be one of the most significant events of 2009 for UK-based Royal Dutch Shell and its two US partners.
For Shell, which has LNG projects in Brunei, Malaysia and eastern Russia, Gorgon confirms the company’s position as a leader in Asian liquefied natural gas. It also draws a line under one of its darkest episodes.
Gorgon’s reserves made up a large piece of the in-correct regulatory reporting that plunged the company into crisis five years ago. Australia’s environmental ruling clears the way for Shell and the others to be able to book Gorgon’s reserves as proved, boosting an important measure by which investors judge the long-term viability of oil and gas companies.
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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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