By Ilya Arkhipov and Stephen Bierman – Dec 29, 2010 5:18 PM GMT
OAO Gazprom, Russias gas export monopoly, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc may build a third train to produce liquefied natural gas at their $22 billion Sakhalin-2 venture by 2015, the regional governor said.
The two companies may alternatively build a new LNG plant, Alexander Khoroshavin, the governor of the Sakhalin region, told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a meeting today, according to Khoroshavins press service. A third train at the Sakhalin-2 project may boost capacity by 5 million metric tons, he said.
Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said he had no information about such talks to increase Sakhalin capacity. Shell spokesman Maxim Shoob declined to comment.
The two companies will discuss assets swaps next year, possibly giving Shell a stake in Gazproms nearby Sakhalin-3 project, Khoroshavin said. Gazprom said Nov. 30 that it had agreed with Shell to expand work in Russia. Sakhalin-3 project is currently in the exploration phase.
Gazprom agreed to take control of the Sakhalin-2 venture, which includes Japans Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co., in 2006. The LNG plant, which begun last year, has a capacity of 9.6 million tons a year. LNG is gas cooled to a liquid for transportation by ship.
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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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