Chris Foote: Wed 25 May 2016
Dutch oil giant Shell plans to cut nearly 500 jobs from its North Sea workforce.
The announcement on Wednesday came as the result of a £47bn merger with the BG Group.
All 475 jobs are expected to be lost by the end of the year, along with 4500 others worldwide.
It is believed to be one of the largest announcements of North Sea job losses in recent years.
UK and Ireland Shell vice-president Paul Goodfellow said: “We’re continuing the improvement journey we’ve been on to create a competitive and sustainable business in the North Sea.
“Despite the improvements that we have made to our business, current market conditions remain challenging.
“Our integration with BG provides an opportunity to accelerate our performance in this ‘lower for longer’ environment.
“We need to reduce our cost base, improve production efficiency and have an organisation that best fits our combined portfolio and business plans.
“As a result, we will reduce the size of the organisation supporting our UK and Ireland Upstream business by around 475 people. We will look to implement the majority of this change during 2016.
“Following these changes, Shell will still remain a key employer in the north east of Scotland with around 1700 employees.”
The company expects to have cut 12,500 jobs globally by the end of the year.
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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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