By Tom Burgis in Lagos
Published: January 30 2010 03:20
Royal Dutch Shell is to sell its stake in three Nigerian oil-producing licenses, underlining its new chief executives cool stance towards what was long a mainstay of the groups operations.
In recent weeks fresh rumours have circulated that Shell was seeking to dispense of Nigerian assets worth billions of dollars.
Peter Voser, Shells new chief executive, said in October that the groups production in Nigeria had fallen to 120,000 barrels a day from 300,000 b/d before the start of a rebellion by militant groups in the Niger delta demanding a greater share of the regions oil wealth.
Mr Voser has said Shell is no longer depending on Nigeria for growth.
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
