Oil and Gas companies

Royal Dutch Shell PLC engages efficiently, responsibly and profitably in oil, oil products, gas, chemicals and other selected businesses whilst participating in the search for and development of other sources of energy to meet evolving customer needs and the world’s growing demand for energy. With approximately 30,000 technical staff in centers across the world, scientists and business experts, Shell’s employees and contractors work to deliver research and development programs – finding innovative solutions to the world’s energy challenge.
Meeting the world’s growing energy needs and protecting the environment requires new technology, new partnerships and new ways of operating. Royal Dutch Shell is continually searching for ways to reduce the environmental impact of its operations, products and services.
In addition the company continues to focus on delivering strong operating performance, and maintaining the financial flexibility to fund new projects and returns to shareholders. Investment plans in 2009 included spend of over $30 billion to create an industry-leading portfolio, this included new refining and downstream Gas to Liquid (GTL) assets, which comprises a 13% increase in Shell’s ethylene capacity and a 60% increase in its mono-ethylene glycol capacity, oil and gas fields with some 1 million barrels oil equivalent per day (boe/d) of capacity, projected to generate a 2-3% annual production growth early in the next decade, to 2012.
In May 2009 Shell won the Business Week Greener China Business Award.