By Stephen Bierman – Dec 7, 2011 12:15 PM GMT
Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (RDSA) said its Sakhalin venture with OAO Gazprom, Russias natural gas export monopoly needs to expand fast to sell liquefied natural gas to Asia at maximum profit.
Theres a window of opportunity in the Asia Pacific from 2015 to 2020, Harry Brekelmans, the head of the energy companys Russian unit, told reporters today in Moscow. The market will tighten after that with additional LNG volumes coming from Australia, Shell spokesman Maxim Shoob said today.
Shell, Gazprom and Japanese partners Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. are considering investing in a third processing train to the Sakhalin-2 LNG plant to add capacity. Demand for LNG has soared in Japan, South Korea and other Asian markets after an earthquake and tsunami led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster and boosted Japans need for other fuels.
The Sakhalin project is in a position to capture this demand window, Brekelmans said.
The group will have to resolve how to supply natural gas for any additional train it seeks to build. Gazprom may seek an asset swap with a foreign partner in the project before committing further reserves off the Pacific coast of Sakhalin Island for the expansion of the LNG plant, Gazproms Deputy Chief Executive officer Alexander Medvedev said on Sept. 27.
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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.
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