Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc is a global integrated energy company operating across the oil and gas value chain and increasingly in lower‑carbon energy solutions. Its primary activities include upstream exploration and production, liquefied natural gas (LNG), downstream refining and chemicals, trading, and a large retail fuels and convenience business. Shell serves a broad mix of customers, from industrial and utility clients to millions of retail fuel and mobility customers, and is active in emerging areas such as hydrogen, EV charging and renewable power. Founded through the 1907 merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading, Shell is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, and maintains a broad global presence in dozens of countries. It is one of the world’s oil majors (a “supermajor”) with tens of thousands of employees and annual revenues in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Shell is publicly traded on major exchanges and finances growth via equity and debt markets rather than venture funding. Distinguishing characteristics include its integrated global scale, large trading and LNG businesses, extensive retail network, and strategic joint ventures in petrochemicals and LNG. Recent company initiatives emphasize a transition to lower‑carbon energy, a stated net‑zero ambition by 2050, continued investment in LNG and hydrogen, and corporate simplification through a unified parent structure and targeted asset disposals and renewables investments.