Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Our headquarters are in The Hague, the Netherlands, and our Chief Executive Officer is Peter Voser. The parent company of the Shell group is Royal Dutch Shell plc, which is incorporated in England and Wales.

Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way.

In Upstream we focus on exploring for new oil and gas reserves and developing major projects where our technology and know-how adds value to the resource holders.

In Downstream our emphasis remains on sustained cash generation from our existing assets and selective investments in growth markets.

Shell by numbers

+ 90 countries where we operate
~101,000 number of employees
2% amount of world’s oil we produce
3% amount of world’s gas we produce
3.1 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day
44,000 Shell service stations worldwide
145 billion litres of fuel sold
>35 refineries and chemical plants we run (figures for 2009)
1 ranking by Fortune 500 in 2009

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