May 12, 2011 9:00 A.M. ET
By Tennille Tracy Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–As Democrats look to repeal tax breaks given to the oil and gas industry, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN, RDSB, RDSB.LN) President Marvin Odum said in congressional testimony Thursday that lawmakers may think “there is something to gain by taking more from a few,” but that they should consider the effects of higher taxes “on both supply and price” of oil.
Instead of eliminating the tax breaks, as House and Senate Democrats are proposing, Odum encourages lawmakers to expand domestic oil production to combat higher gasoline prices.
“While we can’t predict or control the price at the pump, we do know that we can increase the stability of our energy future through a combination of efficiency gains and increased supply,” Odum said in prepared remarks.
Odum is one of five top-level oil executives scheduled to make a rare appearance before Capitol Hill lawmakers Thursday. Among the other companies represented on a Senate hearing panel are Chevron Corp. (CVX)and Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM).
The companies have become the target of legislation that eliminates billions of dollars of tax incentives given to the oil and gas industry. One such proposal, announced this week by Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) and other Democrats, repeals about $2 billion in annual incentives for the five largest companies and uses the revenue to pay down the U.S. deficit.
Thursday’s hearing is being held by the Senate Finance Committee. The head of that committee, Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), is developing similar legislation that will use the revenue to promote clean energy.
The proposals have emerged as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle look to respond to high gasoline prices heading into an election year.
-By Tennille Tracy, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6619; [email protected]
Associated Press
Oil-company executives, from left, Shell Oil President Marvin Odum; BP America Chairman H. Lamar McKay; and ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva, testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.
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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.
