Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom. 

Shell consists of the businesses of Upstream, Integrated Gas, Downstream, and Projects & Technology. With approximately 90,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories, It is helping to meet the world's growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways.

Shell was formed in 1907 through the amalgamation of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company of the United Kingdom. Until its unification in 2005 the firm operated as a dual-listed company, whereby the British and Dutch companies maintained their legal existence but operated as a single-unit partnership for business purposes. Shell first entered the chemicals industry in 1929. In 1970 Shell acquired the mining company Billiton, which it subsequently sold in 1994 and now forms part of BHP Billiton. In recent decades gas exploration and production has become an increasingly important part of Shell's business. Shell acquired BG Group in 2016, making it the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Shell has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of £185 billion at the close of trading on 30 December 2016, by far the largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange and among the highest of any company in the world. It has secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. As of January 2013, Shell's largest shareholder was Capital Research Global Investors with 9.85% ahead of BlackRock in second with 6.89%. Shell's logo, known as the "pecten", is one of the most familiar commercial symbols in the world.


Facts: Royal Dutch Shell is the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company by revenue ($265 B). 

 

Shell was ranked #7 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list.

 

 

  • Year founded: April 1907
  • Funding Info: Shell acquired gas giant BG Group for £47bn (US$70 billion) on Apr 8, 2015, It has also acquired four other companies and invested hundreds of millions.
  • Yearly Revenue: ‎US$305.1 billion (2017)
  • Employee Size: 10,001+
  • Business Valuation: Mkt Cap: 222.30B (EUR)- Total Assets: US$407.0 billion (2017)
  • City/Town: The Hague
  • State: South Holland
  • Country: Netherlands
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