SPECULATION BY AN OFFSHORE DRILLING EXPERT
RE: ConocoPhillips delays 2014 Arctic marine drilling
The rules for working in Alaska require two rigs in the area for drilling to take place, so that in the event of an emergency and the loss of one rig, another rig is available to drill a relief well.
Shell met this requirement by having the Kulluk and Discoverer in Alaska.
ConocoPhillips’ announcement that they will not be in the Arctic in 2014 throws up a few issues.
Shell cannot now plan to drill with a single vessel in Alaska in 2014, and would require a two vessel programme as in 2012.
(1) Does the announcement by ConocoPhillips mean that ConocoPhillips have been told that there will not be a second rig in the area? (ie has Shell also shelved its plans for 2014?)
(2) Would Shell dare to return with the same two vessels? Are Shell planning to build new vessel(s) – perhaps for use in 2015 or 2016?
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.
