Former U.S. State Secretary and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement, Madeleine Albright (R) speaks with a panel member Jeroen van der Veer of Netherlands during The International Conference "NATO Strategic Concept: Response to Our Concerns?" in Prague January 12, 2010. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC Tags: - POLITICS) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer attends the 10th International Oil Summit in Paris April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer delivers a speech during the 10th International Oil Summit in Paris April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer delivers a speech during the 10th International Oil Summit in Paris April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer (L) and Christophe de Margerie, Chief Executive Office of French oil company Total, attend the 10th International Oil Summit in Paris April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer (L) and Christophe de Margerie, Chief Executive Office of French oil company Total, attend the 10th International Oil Summit in Paris April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri, Secretary General of the International Energy Forum Noe van Hulst and Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer (L-R) sit on a speakers podium during the Fourth OPEC International Seminar in Vienna March 18, 2009. The Fourth OPEC International Seminar takes place at the historic Hofburg palace from March 18 to 19. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA ENERGY) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer listens to a speech during the Fourth OPEC International Seminar in Vienna March 18, 2009. The Fourth OPEC International Seminar takes place at the historic Hofburg palace from March 18 to 19. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA ENERGY HEADSHOT) 

Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari, Algeria's Energy Minister Chakib Khelil, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri, Secretary General of the International Energy Forum Noe van Hulst and Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer (L-R) sit on a speakers podium during the Fourth OPEC International Seminar in Vienna March 18, 2009. The Fourth OPEC International Seminar takes place at the historic Hofburg palace from March 18 to 19. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA ENERGY) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at the CERAWEEK 2009 energy conference in Houston February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer answers questions during a news conference at the CERAWEEK 2009 energy conference in Houston February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer (L) answers questions as Marvin Odom, President of Shell Oil U.S, listens during a news conference at the CERAWEEK 2009 energy conference in Houston February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen Van Der Veer listens to a question during a news conference at the CERAWEEK 2009 energy conference in Houston February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES) 

Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell, Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Jacques Aigrain, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re, Switzerland and Yvo De Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (L-R) attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener (SWITZERLAND) 

Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell, Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Jacques Aigrain, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re, Switzerland and Yvo De Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (L-R) attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener (SWITZERLAND) 

Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell, attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. Business leaders and policymakers meeting in Davos turn their attention to financial regulation, energy, trade and global security after hearing China and Russia blame debt-fuelled consumption for massive financial collapse. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener (SWITZERLAND) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive, Jeroen van der Veer, addresses the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in London, November 24, 2008. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will try to kickstart the stalling economy on Monday by spending billions of borrowed pounds on tax cuts in a bid to stop a recession turning into a slump. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN) 

Repsol YPF chairman Antonio Brufau (L), CEO of British Petroleum Tony Hayward and Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer (R) talk after a plenary session during the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, June 30, 2008. The World Petroleum Congress, which is held every three years, will last until July 3. REUTERS/Susana Vera(SPAIN) 

Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer attends the opening day of the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, June 30, 2008. The World Petroleum Congress, which is held every three years, will last until July 3. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

CEO of British Petroleum Tony Hayward (L) and Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer talk during the opening day of the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, June 30, 2008. The World Petroleum Congress, which is held every three years, will last until July 3. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer speaks during the opening day of the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, June 30, 2008. The World Petroleum Congress, which is held every three years, will last until July 3. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer speaks during the opening day of the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, June 30, 2008. The World Petroleum Congress, which is held every three years, will last until July 3. REUTERS/Susana Vera(SPAIN) 

Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer speaks during the opening day of the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, June 30, 2008. The World Petroleum Congress, which is held every three years, will last until July 3. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer (C) attends the International Energy Forum at a hotel in Rome April 21, 2008. Record high oil prices around $117 a barrel are slowing world economic growth, John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told Reuters on Monday. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer speaks to reporters at the International Energy Forum at a hotel in Rome April 20, 2008. Oil ministers and leading energy company heads are gathering in Rome for the International Energy Forum conference which takes place from Sunday to Tuesday. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer delivers a speech during the 6th European Business Summit in Brussels February 21, 2008. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM) 

Shell's Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer delivers a speech during the European Business Summit in Brussels February 21, 2008. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM) 

Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer attends the presentation of the 2007 full-year results in The Hague January 31, 2008. Van der Veer told reporters on a conference call that Shell made 11 material discoveries in 2007 and had an exploration success rate of 40 percent, yielding an extra 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of resources. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer attends the presentation of the 2007 full-year results in The Hague January 31, 2008. Van der Veer told reporters on a conference call that Shell made 11 material discoveries in 2007 and had an exploration success rate of 40 percent, yielding an extra 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of resources. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer attends the presentation of the 2007 full-year results in The Hague, January 31, 2008. Van der Veer told reporters on a conference call that Shell made 11 material discoveries in 2007 and had an exploration success rate of 40 percent, yielding an extra 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of resources. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer (R) and Peter Voser, CFO of Shell, arrive for the presentation of the 2007 full-year results in The Hague, January 31, 2008. Van der Veer told reporters on a conference call that Shell made 11 material discoveries in 2007 and had an exploration success rate of 40 percent, yielding an extra 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of resources. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer (L) and Peter Voser, CFO of Shell, attend the presentation of the 2007 full-year results in The Hague, January 31, 2008. Van der Veer told reporters on a conference call that Shell made 11 material discoveries in 2007 and had an exploration success rate of 40 percent, yielding an extra 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of resources. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, addresses business leaders in a round table discussion about energy security at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Alberta, September 7, 2007. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA) 

Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell, speaks during the presentation of the fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results in The Hague Febuary 1, 2007. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive Office of Royal Dutch Shell, speaks during the presentation of the fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results in The Hague, February 1, 2007. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell, speaks during the presentation of the fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results at The Hague, February 1, 2007. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen (NETHERLANDS) 

Jeroen van der Veer, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, addresses the session 'Energy 2007: The New Era of Petropolitics' at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2007. The annual meeting of the WEF takes place from January 24 to 28 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, attended by top politcians, monetary policymakers and senior business executives. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Jeroen van der Veer, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, addresses the session 'Energy 2007: The New Era of Petropolitics' at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2007. The annual meeting of the WEF takes place from January 24 to 28 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, attended by top politcians, monetary policymakers and senior business executives. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Jeroen van der Veer, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, addresses the session 'Energy 2007: The New Era of Petropolitics' at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2007. The annual meeting of the WEF takes place from January 24 to 28 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, attended by top politcians, monetary policymakers and senior business executives. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets Royal Dutch Shell's Chief Executive Jeroen Van der Veer in Moscow's Kremlin December 21, 2006. Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom clinched a $7.45 billion deal on Thursday to buy half of the Sakhalin-2 project from Shell and its partners, sealing the Kremlin's grip on the huge Russian energy sector. REUTERS/Yuri Kochetkov/Pool (RUSSIA) 

Royal Dutch Shell's Chief Executive Jeroen Van der Veer (from R-L), Russian Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev and Gazprom's foreign economic department, Stanislav Tsygankov, talk to the media after a meeting in Moscow December 21, 2006. Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom clinched a $7.45 billion deal on Thursday to buy half of the Sakhalin-2 project from Shell and its partners, sealing the Kremlin's grip on the huge Russian energy sector. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA) 

Royal Dutch Shell's Chief Executive Jeroen Van der Veer listens during talks with Russian Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev (not pictured) at a meeting in Moscow December 21, 2006. Russia hopes to clear soon all ecological problems of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project via a dialogue between the resources ministry and the project's shareholders, Trutnev said on Thursday. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA) 

Royal Dutch Shell's Chief Executive Jeroen Van der Veer (L) speaks with Russian Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev (R) as an interpreter listens during a meeting in Moscow December 21, 2006. Russia hopes to clear soon all ecological problems of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project via a dialogue between the resources ministry and the project's shareholders, Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev said on Thursday. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA) 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Royal Dutch Shell's Chief Executive Jeroen Van der Veer during a meeting with heads of Royal Dutch Shell, and its Japanese partners Mitsubishi and Mitsui in Moscow's Kremlin December 21, 2006. Russia hopes to clear soon all ecological problems of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project via a dialogue between the resources ministry and the project's shareholders, Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev said on Thursday. REUTERS/Alexander Nemenov/Pool (RUSSIA) 

Bolivia's President Evo Morales is welcomed by Royal Dutch Shell PLC chief executive Jeroen van der Veer (R) at the Shell headquarters in The Hague November 27, 2006. REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS) 

Royal Dutch Petroleum Company President Jeroen van der Veer speaks during an interview after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on August 3, 2004. Van der Veer visited the NYSE to mark the 50th anniversary of the listing of the company. U.S. Stocks opened lower on Tuesday, bogged down by high oil prices and data showing a larger-than-expected fall in consumer spending. In late morning trading the Dow Jones industrial average was off 21 points at 10,158. REUTERS/Peter Morgan PM 

Royal Dutch Petroleum Company President Jeroen van der Veer (3rd R) rings the opening bell to start trading at the New York Stock Exchange, August 3, 2004. U.S. Stocks opened lower on Tuesday, bogged down by high oil prices and data showing a larger-than-expected fall in consumer spending. In late morning trading the Dow Jones industrial average was off 21 points at 10,158. Joining van der Veer are David Lawrence (2nd L), of Shell International Group Investor Relations, NYSE Chief Executive Officer John Thain (3rd L), and NYSE and company officials. REUTERS/Peter Morgan PM 

Jeroen Van Der Veer, head of Royal Dutch Petroleum, is seen during an interview with Reuters in Karachi January 21, 2003. Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell <RD.AS><SHEL.L> said on Tuesday it remains undettered by the new risks gripping the region in the wake of the possibilty of a U.S.-led war on terror in Afghanistan and pledged to maintain its presence in Pakistan. 

Jeroen Van Der Veer, head of Royal Dutch Petroleum, is seen during an
interview with Reuters in Karachi January 21, 2003. Oil giant Royal
Dutch/Shell (RD.AS) (SHEL.L) said on Tuesday it remains undettered by the
new risks gripping the region in the wake of the possibilty of a U.S.-led
war on terror in Afghanistan and pledged to maintain its presence in
Pakistan. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein

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Jeroen Van der Veer, the new President of Royal Dutch Shell, smiles in front of the Shell logo before the announcement of the company's second quarter results during a news conference in The Hague August 3, 2000. Shell reported a ninety-five percent jump in second quarter profits. 

New President of Royal Dutch Shell Jeroen van der Veer (C), President of Shell Netherlands Henk Dijkgraaf (L) and Harry Roels (R) walk to a news conference to announce Shell's second quarter results in The Hague August 3, 2000. Shell reported a ninety-five percent jump in second quarter profits.

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Jeroen van der Veer, the new President of Royal Dutch Shell, smiles in front of the Shell logo before the announcement of the company's second quarter results during a news conference in The Hague August 3, 2000. Shell reported a ninety-five percent jump in second quarter profits.

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Jeroen Van der Veer (L), Group Managing Director of Royal Dutch-Shell and Sir John Browne, CEO of BP-Amoco, laugh at something said during a news conference in Calgary June 13. Both are in Calgary to attend the 16th World Petroleum Conference.

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