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By John Donovan: Friday 11 Oct 2012
OSSL says that Garda Superintendent Thomas Murphy confirmed to them earlier today that he has completed his investigation of their allegations and that his findings are being referred to the Garda SÃochána Ombudsman Commission.
There is some related speculation, based on claimed information from a Corrib gas project insider source, that Supt Murphy has found evidence that OSSL allegations are factually based and will be passing this on to the GSOC.
Abengoa is the latest name to emerge in the probe that started in May with raids on the offices of energy news and price publisher Platts, Statoil ASA, BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Argos Energies to gather evidence of possible collusion in oil and biofuel pricing. 
By Aoife White – Oct 7, 2013 3:55 PM GMT+0100
Abengoa SA (ABG), owner of continental Europe’s biggest bioethanol plant, said that it’s being investigated as part of the European Union’s antitrust probe into possible manipulation of oil and biofuel prices.
The company and its Rotterdam-based Abengoa Bioenergy Trading Europe unit were inspected over possible collusion to manipulate the Platts market-on-close process and exclude companies from the way prices are assessed, Abengoa said in a U.S. regulatory filing dated Oct. 4.
More than 20,000 barrels of crude oil have spewed out of a Tesoro oil pipeline in a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota, the state health department said Thursday.
State environmental geologist Kris Roberts said the 20,600-barrel spill, among the largest recorded in the state, was discovered on 29 September by a farmer harvesting wheat about nine miles south of Tioga.
“The farmer was harvesting his wheat and started smelling oil,” Roberts said. “It went from there.”
By Ajay Makan: October 10, 2013 10:46 pm
Nigeria’s oil resources may remain among the most attractive in the world but anyone interested in developing them must be prepared to lose a large portion to thieves and a chunk to the government, if parliament can ever agree on how much it is due.
Bill Corcoran: Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 01:00
All new oil and gas projects in South Africa will have to cede a 20 per cent free stake to the state under new legislation approved by government, mineral resources minister Susan Shabangu said yesterday.
In addition, the state can increase its shareholding in such exploitation projects up to 50 per cent, although the subsequent 30 per cent must be acquired at market-related prices, news agencies quoted Ms Shabangu as saying at a briefing in Pretoria following a cabinet meeting.
Royal Dutch Shell’s second quarter results were adversely affected by a massive charge related to its shale oil fields in North America. These losses more than likely stem from the fact that Royal Dutch Shell arrived late to the U.S. shale party which is evident in its recent decision to shed its Eagle Ford assets. Furthermore, Shell also scrapped its long-term production targets, and all told, its second-quarter net profit fell 57%.EXTRACTS
The past few months have been rough for the oil super-majors, including industry titans Chevron , ExxonMobil , and Royal Dutch Shell. A combination of factors, including weak refining results and restrained production growth, lead many analysts to believe the current quarter will be just as rough as the second quarter.
Despite their reputations as best-in-breed oil stocks, should investors now view the industry negatively and avoid the sector as a result?
Royal Dutch Shell’s second quarter results were adversely affected by a massive charge related to its shale oil fields in North America. These losses more than likely stem from the fact that Royal Dutch Shell arrived late to the U.S. shale party which is evident in its recent decision to shed its Eagle Ford assets. Furthermore, Shell also scrapped its long-term production targets, and all told, its second-quarter net profit fell 57%.
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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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MORE DETAILS: After a solicitor acting for Shell threatened to make the litigation "drawn out and difficult" with the intention of draining the resources of a financially weaker opponent, my late father (Alfred Donovan) and I decided to mount a wide-ranging campaign as a counter-measure. We jointly founded the Shell Corporate Conscience Pressure Group, which nearly 15% of Shell UK retailers joined. We regularly conducted ethical surveys involving up to 1500 Shell petrol stations. All responses were opened and authenticated by an independent solicitor who supplied Affidavits confirming the results. In whole page announcements in trade magazines (examples above) we challenged Shell to commission and publish the resuits of independent research asking the same questions and offering respondents GUARANTEED anonymity. Shell never took up the invitation. Instead it asked the UK Advertising Standards Authority to investigate our Shell surveys. No problems were found. The head-cut image of Alfred Donovan appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal. 
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