The Associated Press October 4, 2010, 9:08AM ET
WASHINGTON
Shell Oil Co. spent $4 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on offshore petroleum drilling and other issues, according to a disclosure report.
That’s up from the $2.57 million the company spent last year and the $2.27 million it spent in the first three months of 2010. Shell also lobbied the federal government on shale gas drilling, regulation of transportation fuels and clean energy legislation, according to the report filed on Oct. 1.
Shell, a Dutch oil giant, has invested heavily in offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. It operates the Perdido platform, a mammoth offshore oil and gas production facility in the Gulf of Mexico that set a world record for the deepest well. Like other offshore oil companies, Shell’s business interests in the region were put in jeopardy this summer when the U.S. reacted to BP’s oil spill by halting deepwater exploration.
Congress also examined several measures this summer including tough new safety requirements, raising the liability cap for oil spills and a rule that would ban companies with poor safety records from receiving new permits.
In the April-to-June period, Shell lobbied Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Interior Department, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to the report filed with the House clerk’s office.
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.
