By Andres R. Martinez – Mar 3, 2012 12:57 PM GMT
A study commissioned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) about the potential of shale gas in South Africa doesnt consider the risks related to developing the deposits, according to an environmental group.
The findings are lacking in balance to the extent that one must call the objectivity and credibility of the analysis into question, Jonathan Deal, chairman of Treasure the Karoo Action Group, said in an e-mailed statement today. The study doesnt include costs related to damaged road infrastructure, health remediation costs, pollution remediation and environmental monitoring and enforcement of standards.
The government has stopped shale licensing as it studies the impact of allowing companies including Shell, Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (FO) and Bundu Oil and Gas (Pty) Ltd. to drill in the area. Exploration companies pump chemically-treated water and sand underground to release oil or gas trapped in rock, a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Development of about 10 percent of South Africas shale gas reserves would add as much as 200 billion rand ($27 billion) annually to the economy, Johannesburg-based consultant Econometrix (Pty) Ltd. said in a report released yesterday.
Treasure Karoo Action Group and residents of the arid Karoo region of South Africa went to court to force the Department of Mineral Resources to release a report on the impact of fracking on the environment. The department will finish the report this month, according to court filings.
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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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