By Kadhim Ajrash and Nayla Razzouk – Nov 25, 2010 1:33 PM GMT+0000
Iraq will sign by the end of January an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Mitsubishi Corp. for the capture of associated gas at oil fields in the countrys south, the director-general of Iraqs South Gas Co. said.
The agreement will be signed either next month or the one after at the most, once legal details are resolved, Ali Hussain Khudair said today in an interview in Basra, Iraq.
The government gave initial approval on June 29 for the creation of a joint venture with Shell and Mitsubishi to be called Basra Gas Co. The venture would be owned 51 percent by state-run South Gas, with Shell holding 44 percent and Mitsubishi the remaining 5 percent.
A foreign consulting firm is working to settle issues related to the ventures establishment, Khudair said, without identifying the company.
Once the agreement is signed, it will be referred for approval to the Iraqi Council of Ministers, he said.
Iraq wants foreign investors to help it increase production of oil and gas to stimulate a recovery after years of conflict and economic sanctions. Iraq has the worlds fifth- largest oil reserves, and its gas reserves rank fifth in size in the Middle East, according to data from BP Plc.
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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.
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