By Ben Sharples
April 6 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc said the companys joint A$3.5 billion ($3.2 billion) bid with PetroChina Co. to acquire Arrow Energy Ltd. is yet to be approved by the Australian government, denying a press report.
We continue to work through the government approval process, Phil Connole, Melbourne-based spokesman for Shell, said by telephone today. The Australian Financial Review reported earlier that backing from the nations Foreign Investment Review Board for the transaction had been secured.
Australian lawmakers have increased scrutiny of resources takeovers by China, citing concerns the country may lose control of strategic assets. Chinese companies spent a record $32 billion last year buying oil fields and coal and metal mines to supply the worlds fastest-growing major economy.
Shell and PetroChina agreed to acquire Brisbane-based Arrow as part of a joint venture after raising their offer to A$4.70 a share in cash, from A$4.45, Shells Australian unit said March 22. Arrow investors will also receive shares in a new company called Dart Energy Ltd. holding the explorers gas assets overseas and Arrows stakes in Australian-listed companies.
Australia will remain open to foreign investment in its resources industry when it is in the nations interests, Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said in January after Yanzhou Coal Mining Co.s A$3.5 billion acquisition of Felix Resources Ltd.
Shell and PetroChina filed their application last week. The investment review board is unlikely to have significant concerns about the Arrow deal, Benjamin Wilson, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Sydney, said in a March 22 report.
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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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