It seems that it is not only price-rigging that is in the DNA of Royal Dutch Shell, but also tax avoidance, flawed wonder fuels, and a cover-up mentality whenever embroiled in yet another scandal. Shell is at it again currently, having been caught red-handed in an incredible scandal coming to the boil behind the scenes and shortly to become breaking news that will further damage Shell’s already busted reputation. You could not make it up.
Posting by LondonLad (Musaint) on our Shell Blog
So what if Shell (or any other oil company) moved an oil rig for the purposes of reducing tax payments? Is that really that big a deal in the grander scheme of things? I would expect that 99% of the readers / contributors to this website make sure that they minimize their tax payments (if not then they are rather stupid). As an RDS share holder I believe their actions are absolutely correct. However, running aground was not really advantageous and only allowed tabloid websites such as this to pontificate.
Reply by Outsider
: Londonlad: RDS’ actions in Alaska would appear to show a complete disregard for safety and responsible management, especially with the benefit of hindsight. Although nobody was killed or injured, this was only through shear luck. Either the risks were badly assessed or risk management was completely lacking. $90 million in costs to date, and public ridicule are far too high a price to pay for trying to save $6 million in taxes. The $5 billion invested in the Arctic to date has also been jeopardised, if not lost. If this is what you expect as a shareholder, I suspect that you are probably alone in viewing the events in such a charitable light.
Comment by John Donovan
Shell executives have made the company look totally untrustworthy after first admitting the Kulluk was moved to avoid tax, then a complete denial from the highest level (Voser), followed by a reversion back to an outright admittance when Churchfield had to give evident under oath. It seems that it is not only price-rigging that is in the DNA of Royal Dutch Shell, but also tax avoidance, flawed wonder fuels, and a cover-up mentality whenever embroiled in yet another scandal. Shell is at it again currently, having been caught red-handed in an incredible scandal coming to the boil behind the scenes and shortly to become breaking news that will further damage Shell’s already busted reputation. You could not make it up.
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.
