Royal Dutch Shell is pushing ahead with plans for deep-water drilling in Alaska, despite environmental concerns caused by BP’s disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Arctic Ocean region in Alaska reportedly contains enough reserves to provide fuel for 25m cars for 35 years.
By Amanda Andrews 7:05PM BST 02 May 2011
The oil giant will present a detailed proposal to the US federal government this week, asking for its permission to drill up to 10 exploratory oil wells beneath Alaska’s Arctic waters.
The move comes five years after BP’s decaying Prudhoe Bay pipeline spilt 200,000 gallons of oil across Alaska.
The Arctic Ocean region in Alaska reportedly contains enough reserves to provide fuel for 25m cars for 35 years.
President Barack Obama is understood to have requested extra safety assurances about Shell’s plans.
Shell has said it will not drill in Alaska if it cannot do so “safely and responsibly” and said the characteristics of the fields are different to those in the Gulf of Mexico.
It is believed that a spill in the Arctic’s inaccessible waters would be even more damaging than the Gulf of Mexico accident.
A Shell spokesperson said: “Shell remains committed to employing world-class technology and experience to ensure a safe, environmentally responsible Arctic exploration programme.”
Administration officials said in reports from the US that they will review Shell’s new proposal cautiously.
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
