CarolC - 28 Nov 05 - 10:16 PM

Nice try CarolC but you are wrong again.

Dome Petroleum referred to in my post is part of Dome International based in Dubai, which I suppose makes it a company registered in the UAE, not Iraq as I first thought.

So Shell is American is it CarolC? Just the same way that ENI was??

Or is just "Shell" an American Company? what about Royal Dutch Shell - is that American? - or what about Anglo-Dutch Shell - American too? - or what about Shell Transport?

From Shell Groups web site:
"July 20th marked the formal unification of Royal Dutch and Shell Transport under a single new parent company, Royal Dutch Shell plc."

Do you know what the term "parent company" means CarolC, if you still believe that Shell is an American Company you could write to the CEO Jeroen van der Veer, he lives in the Netherlands CarolC, don't know his home address but I dare say you could contact him at Shell Corporate Headquarters in Den Hague. From Wikipedia on Royal Dutch Shell plc:

"Its corporate headquarters are in The Hague and it is tax resident in the Netherlands"

I do not give a damn about how many branches Shell has, by law they normally have to be registered in the country in which they operate, but that does not detract in any way shape or form from the fact that Shell is Dutch. It is a major - fourth largest corporation in the world.

Give you a tip CarolC take a look into a fairly slim book entitled "The Seven Sisters", details how the seven major oil companies in the world came into being, where they originated, why they developed the way that they did and operate they way that they do. One thing that you will find out in that book is that Shell is NOT a major American oil Company.