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Shell at a glance
As one of the world’s leading energy companies Shell plays a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. China Shell is involved in Upstream, Downstream and Projects and Technology businesses.
Shell in China
Shell's story in China dates back to more than one century ago. All of Shell’s core businesses are now represented in China and our head office in China is in Beijing.
Our values
Our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people form the basis of the Shell General Business Principles.Our business activities in China
All of Shell’s core businesses are now represented in China: Upstream (oil and gas exploration and liquified natural gas), Downstream (Oil Products and Chemicals) and our Projects and Technology organisation (Shell Global Solutions and Coal Gasification).Shell in China by numbers
- One of the largest foreign investors in China;
- The foreign partner in Nanhai Petrochemicals Project, one of the largest foreign joint ventures and petrochemical investments in China;
- The largest international supplier of LNG to China;
- The largest international lubricants marketer in China;
- The largest international bitumen supplier in China;
- The leading international supplier of coal gasification technologies in China.
Our contribution
In China, we work together with our partners on a wide range of social investment projects in three focus areas: Education, Environment and Capacity Building.Shell worldwide
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 to generate profitable growth remains to drive forward with our investment programme, to deliver sustainable growth and provide competitive returns to shareholders, 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.
Read more about our strategy and major projects.
Our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people form the basis of the Shell General Business Principles. - opens in new window
Shell by numbers: (figures for 2011)
+ 80 countries where we operate
~ 90,000 number of employees
48% of our production is natural gas
18.8 million tonnes of LNG sold during the year
3.2 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day
43,000 Shell service stations worldwide
30+ refineries and chemical plants we run
Our businesses- Upstream explores for and extracts crude oil and natural gas.
- Downstream refines, supplies, trades and ships crude worldwide, manufactures and markets a range of products, and produces petrochemicals for industrial customers.
- Projects & Technology manages delivery of Shell’s major projects and drives the research and innovation to create technology solutions.
Financial performanceView our latest quarterly results
2011
- Revenue: $470.2 billion
- Income: $31.2 billion
- Capital investment: $31.1 billion
- Investment in research and development: $1.1 billion
Fast facts for sustainable development$2.3 billion spent on developing alternative energies, carbon capture and storage, and on CO2 R&D over the past five years.
Almost $12 billion spent on goods and services in 2011 from companies in countries with lower incomes.
~$125 million spent on voluntary social investments in 2011.
