DAN HEALING, THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — Royal Dutch Shell will forge ahead with its energy development plans in British Columbia regardless of the uncertainty swirling around the province’s political future, says the company’s Canadian country chair.
Energy investments in B.C. have been cast into doubt after the May 9 provincial election that saw the Liberals win 43 seats and the NDP take 41— a situation that gives the Green party the balance of power with their three seats.
Last week, the NDP and Greens formalized an alliance that could see them oust the Liberals from power. But Michael Crothers, president of Shell Canada, said that shouldn’t deter the company’s plans for a liquefied natural gas export project in Kitimat, B.C., because NDP Leader John Horgan has backed that project.
“We’re optimistic we’ll get support if we choose to proceed,” Crothers said in an interview Tuesday.
Horgan has said he supports the project. But Green Leader Andrew Weaver has expressed opposition to LNG development.
Crothers said after the sale of Shell’s oilsands assets to Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) closed last week, the company will also now concentrate on its shale oil and gas properties in B.C. and Alberta, along with its refining and chemical businesses near Edmonton.
Shell and its partners in LNG Canada — PetroChina, Korea Gas and Mitsubishi — announced last summer a final investment decision for the Kitimat facility would be delayed because of poor global markets.
But Crothers said Tuesday the market appears to be improving as China and India move away from burning coal. He said there’s still no timeline for an investment decision, though four engineering firms have been asked to bid on contracts to design and construct the facility.
Shell intends to maintain production in the northeastern B.C. Montney region while planning to quickly ramp up production once a final investment decision is reached on the Kitimat project, he added.
Crothers also said that Shell Canada’s capital budget is expected to fall from $2 billion last year to about $1.5 billion this year after the Canadian Natural Resources sale.
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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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