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A pelican coated in oil stands on the beach during stormy weather in Ship Island, Mississippi, July 1, 2010.
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010 08:04 UK
The US government has asked BP to be told of any major asset sales or merger deals in advance, as it continues to keep a close eye on the oil giant.
The highly unusual request came in a letter from the US Department of Justice dated 23 June.
BP told the BBC it had yet to respond to the letter.
The company is facing massive clean-up costs and compensation claims as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, which began in April.
The US government has been highly critical of BP’s handling of the oil leak.
Congressmen have accused chief executive Tony Hayward of not taking responsibility, while questioning him about alleged cost-cutting measures that could have contributed to the leak.
New investors
In its latest update, BP said the oil leak had now cost it $3.12bn (£2bn), though the total cost is forecast by analysts to be tens of billions of dollars.
As a result, it has said it will look at selling some assets and attracting new investors.
There has been a great deal of speculation in recent days about potential investors in BP, including the Kuwaiti Investment Authority, China’s PetroChina and the US oil giant Exxon Mobil.
These reports, as well as statements from BP saying the company has no plans to issue new shares, have helped the company’s share price to rally this week.
But despite the bounce, BP’s shares have almost halved in value since the explosion on the Deep Horizon oil rig triggered the leak on 20 April.
Oil is continuing to spill into the Gulf and BP has said two relief wells being drilled to stop the leak are on course for completion by August.
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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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