Royal dutch shell plc commonly known as Shell, one of the world’s largest oil & gas multinationalcompanies. It is an Anglo-Dutch company with headquarters in the Netherlands with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world (and the second-largest energy company). It is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has major renewable energy activities, including in biofuels, hydrogen, solar and wind power. Shell has operations in over 90 countries, produces around 3.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day and has 44,000 service stations worldwide. Shell Oil Company, its subsidiary in the United States, is one of its largest businesses. Shell provides 2.5% of the world’s oil and 3% of its natural gas. Oil and gas are non-renewable resources, but remain essential for powering the world’s needs and their demand is continuously increasing. Shell sells enough petrol and diesel a day to fuel 16 million vehicles and enough liquefied natural gas to provide electricity for 34 million homes around the world. However, energy use is increasing due to a growing world population and higher standards of living. This means more demand not only for oil and gas but also for other energy sources. Shell is therefore faced with an enormous challenge – to help meet the needs of the present and future generations, while creating as little negative impact as possible to the environment.
Organisation
Shell is currently organised into four major business groupings: * Upstream International - manages the Upstream business outside the Americas. It searches for and recovers crude oil and natural gas, liquefies and transports gas, and operates the upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver oil and gas to the market. Its
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