This self-explanatory email correspondence is published simultaneously with the article: "Former Shell Group Auditor says Shell is a hoodlum organisation"
Malcolm Brinded
Shell not a “hoodlum organisation” says its Company Secretary, Michiel Brandjes
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Shell Brent Bravo fatalities – why a criminal investigation is in progress
(Also read related article… “Shell not a hoodlum organisation says its Company Secretary, Michiel Brandjes”)
Shell Brent Bravo fatalities – why a criminal investigation is in progress
By Bill Campbell, former HSE Group Auditor, Shell International
On the 3rd of September 1999 an Audit was carried out on the Brent Bravo installation. Subsequently a further 6 audits were completed on other North Sea installations operated at that time by Shell Expro, a subsidiary of Shell UK Ltd.
The results of these combined audits was presented to Shell management on 22nd October 1999 and the opinion of the audit was that there were serious deficiencies in the management of health and safety offshore.
Shell Blog reaction to Shell 2nd Quarter Results – fire Brinded
Comments posted on our Shell Blog this morning by two regular contributors in reaction to the 2nd Quarter 2009 results announced by Royal Dutch Shell Plc at 7am today. Guest1 is a senior Shell insider. Paddy Briggs is a highly esteemed former Shell executive.
guest1
on Jul 30th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Just read: We are in the middle of a programme to build 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe) of additional Upstream capacity. But Brinded has been in the middle of building extra production capacity since many years. So why would we now believe Shell? If Voser has any sense he fires Brinded asap. And all the sycophants around him. Thereafter he may hear the truth and bad news occasionally .
Shell insiders toxic reaction to Vosification job cuts
By John Donovan
The following information was posted on to our Shell Blog this morning by guest1, an extremely well-informed senior Shell insider whose real identity is known to us.
Voser cutting 600 top jobs. Nothing new, we could read that quite a while ago on the Donovan site. But what does this really mean? The head honchos are now expected to all combine two jobs. This is a nice recipe to get them overworked and overtired while the official explanation is better coordination. But they will be so exhausted that they cannot challenge projects that hit their desks for approval and so must rely on completed staff work by the underlings. The last few years this system has been tried and failed.
Royal Dutch Shell ruthless restructuring continues – more job cuts
By John Donovan
On 30 January we broke the news of Shell’s decision to make “tough choices” in reaction to the collapse in oil prices. Shell confirmed to Reuters that the Shell internal emails from CEO Jeroen van der Veer and Executive Director Malcolm Brinded we published were authentic. Quotes from the emails were featured in the Reuters article: Shell gets tough on costs as oil prices bite
Notability, the warning by Brinded of “touch choices” did not extend to him giving up his fat cat retention bonus.
Shells Global Safety Day
Brindeds visit marks Shells Global Safety Day, when all Shell staff around the world down tools to renew their commitment to safety and achieving the goal of zero safety incidents at the workplace.
Shell turns the thumbscrews on contractors and ALL contractor labour suppliers
By John Donovan
The alarm bells signaling Shell’s intent to act ruthlessly towards contractors have been ringing for several months. It seems that the thumbscrews are also being applied to ALL contractor labour suppliers.
News of Shell’s plans to intensify cost-cutting in reaction to the ressession and falling oil prices was contained in a leaked Shell internal email from Shell executive Malcolm Brinded that we supplied to Reuters in January. Hence the article: “Shell gets tough on costs as oil prices bite”.
Shell upgrades Qatar status to that of region
Gulf Times
Brown: Shell is investing more in Qatar than in any other country
Latest Update: Sunday5/7/2009July, 2009, 09:48 PM Doha Time
By Pratap John
Chief Business Reporter
Shell has elevated Qatar to the status of a region in its new corporate structure.
Qatar Shell now ranks alongside Europe, Africa, the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia-Pacific as a regional division. The only other Shell country organisation that has regional division status on its own is Australia.
Andy Brown becomes executive vice-president of Qatar Shell, reporting directly to Malcolm Brinded, executive director (Upstream International). Brown will be responsible for all Shell activities in Qatar.
Shell’s Nigerian Settlement
THE NEW YORK TIMES
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: June 28, 2009
In the editorial Ending a Shell Game (June 24) you argue that Shells out-of-court settlement with Nigerian plaintiffs in Manhattan earlier this month saved costly embarrassment and the public airing of evidence of collusion and human rights abuses by the company in Nigeria. We see the matter differently.
We knew the charges against us were not true. And we were confident that the evidence would have shown this that Shell was not responsible for the tragic events of Nov. 10, 1995. The execution of nine leaders of the Ogoni people shocked us all. And we wanted others to see and understand that.
Russia: Oil Exploration Law May Need Revisions
Royal Dutch Shell executives publicly complained about the rule earlier this year. The company's director for exploration and production, Malcolm Brinded, said in February that foreign investors wanted more confidence about accessing the oil and gas riches they discover.
UPDATE: Leaked Shell E-mail Shows 62 Senior Executive Appointments
Monday June 22nd, 2009 / 17h48
(Adds detail, background.)
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- An internal e-mail from Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) leaked to a blog critical of the company has revealed the appointments of 62 senior executives to new roles within the restructured company.
The e-mail dated June 16, sent by incoming Chief Executive Peter Voser, was published Saturday on the blog royaldutchshellplc.com. A Shell spokesman said the company does not comment on purported leaks.
Effective July 1, Ceri Powell, former Executive Vice President, or EVP, for Strategy becomes EVP for Exploration for the company’s international operations, the e-mail said. Dave Lawrence, former EVP for global exploration moves to head up exploration in the new Shell Americas division.
Leaked Shell E-mail Reveals 62 Senior Executive Appointments
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
JUNE 22, 2009, 11:26 A.M. ET
LONDON (Dow Jones)–An internal e-mail from Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) leaked to a blog critical of the company has revealed the appointments of 62 senior executives to new roles within the restructured company.
The e-mail dated June 16, sent by incoming Chief Executive Peter Voser, was published Saturday on the blog royaldutchshellplc.com. A Shell spokesman said the company does not comment on purported leaks.
Effective July 1, Ceri Powell, former Executive Vice President, or EVP, for Strategy becomes EVP for Exploration for the company’s international operations, the e-mail said. Dave Lawrence, former EVP for global exploration moves to head up exploration in the new Shell Americas division.
Leaked email from incoming Shell CEO Peter Voser reveals list of senior appointments
By John Donovan of Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
Printed below is a self-explanatory leaked email from Peter Voser, the incoming Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
Energy journalist, kindly mention this website if you use material from the leaked information which reveals a host of important senior appointments around the globe. Recent contact with a number of you has resulted in a series of articles some published internationally, including for example, a front page lead article in the Financial Times. We draw your attention to the sudden explosion of postings on our Shell Blog facility by disgruntled employees which have arisen from the changes.
Shell retiring CEO Jeroen van der Veer: a candid assessment by Paddy Briggs
By Paddy Briggs
Denis Healey recently said that he would prefer people to wonder why he hadn’t been Prime Minister rather than have them wondering why he had been. Jeroen van der Veer (above) was never meant to be Shell’s top man and had he not reached that position few would have wondered why. As he now retires, having held the job for five largely ineffective years, many observers will wonder why on earth he got the post in the first place. And virtually every stakeholder – employees, suppliers, customers, local communities, investors and pensioners has seen their status and well-being lessened over the five years that van der Veer has been at the helm.
Secret papers ‘show how Shell targeted Nigeria oil protests’
Documents seen by The IoS support claims energy giant enlisted help of country’s military government
Sunday, 14 June 2009
AP
Ogoni supporters protesting in New York last month, shortly before Shell agreed a $15.5m settlement in their case
Serious questions over Shell Oil’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Nigeria emerged last night after confidential internal documents and court statements revealed how the energy giant enlisted the help of the country’s brutal former military government to deal with protesters.
Shells outlook for oil production and prices: why $70 per barrel matters
ft.com/energysource
June 12, 2009 4:38pm
Malcolm Brinded, one of the top executives at Royal Dutch Shell who is hanging on to his job in the shake-up ordered by new chief executive Peter Voser, gave an interesting presentation last week setting out the companys view of the outlook 2020.
His message: Shell can grow its production out to 2020, but the oil price will need to stay above $70 to make all of its potential investments profitable.
His speech, to a Credit Suisse conference in London, was a corrective to some of the gloomier stories about the production outlook that came out following the companys annual strategy update in March.
Disgusting cynicism: this article by Malcolm Brinded summed up in two words
It is time to move on
Shell’s decision to settle is not about guilt but to help the Ogoni people and boost reconciliation
- Malcolm Brinded
- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 10 June 2009 16.00 BST
This week’s settlement is not so much about an ending. I hope rather it is the start of something new for the Ogoni people as well as for Shell in Nigeria. Settling out of court was not a comfortable or soft option. We wanted an opportunity to prove our innocence and we were ready to go to court.
We knew the charges against us were not true. And we were confident that the evidence would have shown this that Shell was not responsible for the tragic events of 10 November 1995. The execution of nine leaders of the Ogoni tribe shocked us all. And we wanted others to see and understand that too.
Shell pays out $15.5m over Saro-Wiwa killing
Among the documents lodged with the New York court was a 1994 letter from Shell in which it agreed to pay a unit of the Nigerian army for services rendered. The unit had retrieved one of the company's fire trucks from the village of Korokoro an action that according to reports at the time left one Ogoni man dead and two wounded. Shell wrote it was making the payment "as a show of gratitude and motivation for a sustained favourable disposition in future assignments".
U.S. to Get Half of Gas From Tight Fields by 2020, Shell Says
New technology will allow tapping 500 trillion cubic feet of unconventional gas resources in North America, enough to supply the U.S. for two decades, said Malcolm Brinded, executive director for the upstream business at Europes biggest oil company. Shell expects to more than triple tight gas output to more than 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2020
How Much Is a Dead Nigerian Worth to Shell?
Jun 9, 2009
How Much Is a Dead Nigerian Worth to Shell?
The Dutch oil giant will pay out a paltry $15 million to the families of 10 murdered Nigerians, including activist Ken Saro-Wiwaand it will admit no wrongdoing in their deaths. True-crime author Joe McGinniss smells a rat.
Talk about ending with a whimper, not a bang.
Or, to put it more crassly, how much is a dead Nigerian worth, anyway?
In 1996, one year after author and human-rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and nine others were hung in Nigeria, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit in U.S. federal court, charging that the executions were carried out with the knowledge and consent and/or support of Shell Oil, as part of an alleged conspiracy with the Nigerian government to suppress opposition to drilling in the Niger Delta.
No kidding, this is Shell’s headline: Shell settles Wiwa case with humanitarian gesture
Here it is: Shell’s statement worthy of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
Shell settles Wiwa case with humanitarian gesture
Shell today agreed to settle a court case in New York related to allegations in connection with the Nigerian military government’s execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others in 1995, making a humanitarian gesture to set up a trust fund to benefit the Ogoni people.
At the same time, the plaintiffs have dismissed all claims made in the litigation against Shell Petroleum NV, Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited and the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC).
The settlement and other payments together total $15.5 million, which will provide funding for the trust and a compassionate payment to the plaintiffs and the estates they represent in recognition of the tragic turn of events in Ogoni land, even though Shell had no part in the violence that took place. In addition, they cover plaintiffs costs and fees.
Shell’s blood money settles the Wiwa case
By John Donovan
As forecast on June 3 in my article “Shell settlement in the Wiwa v. Shell U.S. trial imminent?“, Shell has indeed chosen “to solve the problem with hard cash rather then allowing the dirtiest of dirty laundry to be aired in court”. $15.5 million to be precise.
My analysis and forecast was based partly on inside information and partly on our own unique experience in dealing with Shell lawyers and Shell senior management, including Malcolm Brinded, in an unparalleled series of seven court actions, all of which Shell chose to settle.
Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M
Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M
FILE – In this May 27, 2009 file photo, members of Nigeria’s Ogoni community and their supporters rally to raise awareness of the trial of Royal Dutch Shell, in New York. Royal Dutch Shell settled a lawsuit Wednesday, June 3, that accused the oil giant of playing a role in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by Nigeria’s former military regime. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) (Bebeto Matthews – AP)
By CHRIS KAHN
The Associated Press
Monday, June 8, 2009; 5:19 PM
NEW YORK — Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement Monday to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by Nigeria’s former military regime.
Shell, which continues to operate in Nigeria, said it agreed to settle the lawsuit in hopes aiding the “process of reconciliation.” But Europe’s largest oil company acknowledged no wrongdoing in the 1995 hanging deaths of six people, including poet Ken Saro-Wiwa.
File of outspoken articles about Royal Dutch Shell 2004 – 2009
File of outspoken articles about Royal Dutch Shell published by this website since 2004.
The breathtaking hypocrisy of Shell bosses Malcolm Brinded and Richard Wiseman
By Alfred and John Donovan
Although this story relates to events which occurred many years ago, it reveals the breathtaking hypocrisy of two people currently at the very top of Shell, Malcolm Brinded (above) and Richard Wiseman.
Brinded is number 2 at Royal Dutch Shell Plc, having just missed out in the race for the top job, won by Peter Voser. Richard Wiseman is the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for the oil giant.
Both have made speeches proclaiming the importance of Shell’s General Business Principles pledging honesty, integrity and transparency in all of Shell’s dealings.
New Shell chief ready to slash and burn
Shell will also set up a new division to handle project delivery and technology. It will be led by Matthias Bichsel, who is also Swiss. Some Shell employees complained on their website Royaldutchshellplc.com that a "Swiss Mafia" is running the group.
Scots Shell employees face wait over jobs decision
The group has 102,000 people worldwide, and a spokeswoman said yesterday the new organisation would have a smaller workforce.
Royal Dutch Shell Fat Cat Malcolm Brinded: Big Brain but no scruples
By Alfred and John Donovan
On Monday we will publish Shell internal documents and correspondence with Malcolm Brinded providing evidence of how this brainy man, who remains at number 2 in the Shell hierarchy, sanctioned corrupt practices, deceit, theft and other illegal action involving a conspiracy of Shell managers. This dishonest activity was also condoned by Richard Wiseman, the former Shell Legal Director now laughingly given the job of Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The Shell UK legal team Wiseman controlled played a key role in a corrupted Shell tender process.
Royal Dutch Shell restructuring to affect 24,000 jobs
Royal Dutch Shell has unveiled the most the radical restructuring of its operations for decades in a move that will impact over 24,000 jobs.
Massive shake-up at Shell puts 24,000 jobs at risk
Up to a third of senior management under threat
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Hot on the heels of the surprise resignation of top executive Linda Cook, Shell’s in-coming chief executive Peter Voser announced major restructuring plans yesterday that could cut thousands of rank-and-file jobs.
Some 24,000 staff at the Anglo-Dutch oil giant will be affected by the changes, with job losses expected to be in the thousands. Up to a third of senior management are believed to be under threat.
There are three major structural changes. The company’s three upstream businesses exploration and production (EP), gas and power (GP) and oil sands will be combined into two, new regional units: Upstream Americas and Upstream International. Mr Voser is also creating an entirely new “Projects & Technology” division which will manage everything from R&D to project delivery to contracting and procurement. Finally, some parts of Shell corporate are to be absorbed into specific business units, while the rest is streamlined under a single combined human resources (HR) corporate director role.
Funeral in Berlin for many of Shells top brass
May 28, 2009
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Up to 200 Shell executives from around the world flew to Berlin this week for an unusual two-day meeting.
The gathering, which began on Tuesday, offered a final chance to bid farewell to Jeroen van der Veer, the mild-mannered Dutchman who has steered Shell through some rocky times over the years. The chief executive is due to retire next month but the mood was hardly celebratory, for his replacement, Peter Voser, has wasted no time in making his mark.
The executives were also in Berlin to hear Mr Voser outline his plans yesterday for a radical overhaul at the worlds second-largest listed oil company. This will involve thousands of job losses, including many of their own.
Shell shake-up to cut costs
In an e-mail to staff, he said the company was organisationally too complex, and its culture too consensus-oriented. He said his objectives were to cut costs, speed up large projects and make Shell a simpler place to work.
Shell spokesman says assertions of royaldutchshellplc.com “pure speculation”
Tuesday, royaldutchshellplc.com site, hosted by former employees against the direction of the oil company, had argued on the basis of internal sources as the new boss of Shell would cut a third of senior management positions. "Inevitably, there will be fewer jobs, but Shell did not set a goal in the subject, provided his side a spokesman for the group to AFP, calling the assertions of royaldutchshellplc.com of "pure speculation".
Leaked email Royal Dutch Shell Exec Peter Voser sent at 10am today..
Printed below is a leaked self-explanatory email from Peter Voser. I dont know why Shell executives do not include us in the circulation list to cut out the middleman. The 29 year contribution of Linda Cook seems to have been forgotten before she has officially departed.
Shell confirms shake-up; vague on job cuts
A big restructure of Royal Dutch Shell by its incoming chief executive Peter Voser has been confirmed and it is set to affect 24,000 jobs, although the company will not say exactly how many of those jobs will be cut.
Shell restructuring puts 24,000 jobs at risk
Up to 24,000 jobs are at risk in Shell after the Anglo-Dutch oil group unveiled plans for a major restructuring.
The oil giant this morning revealed a shake-up in which its exploration and production, gas and power and oil sands units are to be merged into two new divisions.
Shell To Restructure, Merge Three Units
Dow Jones NewsPlus – Global
By JAMES HERRON
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Wednesday it will launch a major company restructuring, merging its exploration and production, gas and power and oil sands units into two new divisions as new Chief Executive Peter Voser puts his stamp on the company.
Shell’s current global head of exploration and production, Malcolm Brinded, will head up the larger of the new divisions, called Upstream International. Marvin Odum, currently Shell’s Executive Vice President for Exploration and Production Americas, will become director of Upstream Americas.
Shell to restructure under new CEO
LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s (RDSa.L) incoming Chief Executive Peter Voser plans to restructure the oil major’s operations to improve project delivery and cut costs, the group said on Wednesday.
Shell said its core oil and gas production business would be divided between American and non-American units and a new division would be created to manage the construction of new projects.
Malcolm Brinded, currently head of the core exploration and production unit, will lose his responsibility for project delivery and for North and South American upstream operations but will take charge of most of Shell’s liquefied natural gas business.
Linda Cook, Shell’s top woman executive, resigns
Linda Cook, the head of Shells gas business, resigned abruptly yesterday, the first boardroom casualty at the hands of Peter Voser, the new chief executive of the oil company.
Shell showing three into two will go
It is expected that exploration and production and gas and power will be combined into a single division. The merged business is then expected to be split in two, with an American division run by Marvin Odum, now head of Shell Oil, the US subsidiary, and the rest of the world run by Malcolm Brinded, now head of exploration and production.
Shell: the owner of the gas division goes, rumor of reorganization
Linda Cook, boss of the division gas and energy “of Shell, on 2 July 2008 in Madrid
LONDON (AFP) – Shell announced Tuesday that Linda Cook, patroness of the division gas and energy giant Anglo-Dutch oil and candidate in the general direction, leave office on 1 June, a start could be the prelude a major reorganization.
This will precede the start of the new CEO of Shell, the current finance director Peter Voser, scheduled for July 1st. The latter was preferred to Linda Cook and other candidates, including Malcolm Brindred, leader of the division “exploration and production”, to succeed Jeroen van der Veer.
Former Shell Exec Paddy Briggs comments on Linda Cook departure
By Paddy Briggs
Cook’s departure is ego-driven. She lost out – so she walks away in a huff. But then that’s what you do when the only thing that matters is self-aggrandisement. What charecterises Shell head honchos in recent times is that it is all about self. Power, position, perks and obscenely inflated bonuses and rewards – and to hell with the business or the tradition or the history of this once great company and once respected brand. And to hell with the stakeholders as well. Suppliers, Partners, local communities, employees, pensioners and society at large are the disposable small fry in the selfish and self-centered world of Van Der Veer, Cook, Brinded and the rest.
Shell: Gas, Pwr, Renewables Chief Linda Cook To Resign June 1
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSB.LN) chief of gas, power and renewable energy Linda Cook has resigned unexpectedly, and will step down as an executive director of the company effective June 1, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
Shell Blog: Malcolm Brinded taken to task on ‘Overpromise vs Underdelivery
POSTING ON SHELL BLOG 21 MAY 2009
: One shareholder apparently asked Job: ‘why reward failure?’ I will explain. Brinded has been in a top job since 1998 (MD of Expro until current position). He EACH year has promised more than he could realise. And as top dog his behaviour gets copied, Shell has been very hot on behavioural attitudes since many years. Those attitudes better be in line with the top or else! Remember the famous presentation in 2000 ‘Overpromise vs Underdelivery’? This attitude has become ingrained in the corporate culture of Shell. So Job is to be forgiven, he did not know better, he thought this was how Shell wanted it….
Jordan, Shell reach agreement on exploring for oil from oil shale
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) Jordan and Royal Dutch Shell PLC signed a concessionary agreement Sunday to explore for oil in the country's vast oil shale deposits. Jordanian Oil Minister Khaldoun Qteishat and Shell Vice Chairman Malcolm Brinded signed the deal on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Jordan.
Shell set to clash with investors
RiskMetrics, the international voting agency, advises shareholders to vote Shells pay plan down. And the Association of British Insurers has put an amber top alert out, warning its members of a potential breach of good governance.
BP, Chevron Managers Leave Kuwait as Projects Delayed
Shell has no comment on discussions to develop deep natural gas in Kuwait,Malcolm Brinded, the companys executive director for exploration and production, said in a March 30 interview.
Shell Pension Fund Smoke & Mirrors
EXTRACT FROM EMAIL RECEIVED FROM JONATHAN MORT, LEGAL ADVISOR (AND MANAGER?), SHELL SOUTH AFRICA PENSION FUND: It is apparently my draft response (per the email of 15 February 2009) to Mr Purchase (on 18 February 2009) which has driven you to the conclusions of conspiracies, collaborations and unethical conduct so liberally sprinkled through your article. The truth is more mundane, entirely proper, and (sadly for your website) considerably less newsworthy than the spectacular claims made in your draft article.
SHELL BRENT BRAVO SCANDAL: THE EVIDENCE ASSEMBLED BY BILL CAMPBELL: PLUS ASSOCIATED ARTICLES
FILE OF INFORMATION AND ARTICLES RELATING TO THE SHELL BRENT BRAVO SCANDAL INCLUDING EVIDENCE ASSEMBLED BY FORMER HSE GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL, MR BILL CAMPBELL
Shell shapes $32bn production boost
Of the five "supermajor" international oil companies, Royal Dutch Shell has the worst production profile of the decade, with 2009 marking its sixth successive year of decline.
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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