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Commercial Midstream / Upstream
We recruit across a number of different roles within Commercial Midstream/ Upstream. Here’s a general overview of the business.
Skills in business planning and evaluation.
What we do
Shell operates some of the world’s largest and most complex gas and oil projects. Our Commercial Midstream / Upstream team helps us negotiate and close long-term deals with stakeholders, including local governments. It’s crucial to our operations.
Our Commercial Midstream / Upstream team help us negotiate with stakeholders and governments, securing contracts around the world. They also help ensure we can process and transport natural gas to customers globally. And, since many of our ventures are carried out with external partners, they help us close deals with them.
As one of our Commercial Midstream / Upstream team, you’ll help us construct and use economic models to evaluate the feasibility of projects. You’ll also collect, evaluate and report data to stakeholders and provide analytical support for business issues and opportunities including oil or LNG projects, market assessment studies and competitive analysis.
You’ll also negotiate with partners and clients, delivering technically and commercially sound proposals. And liaise with other functions – Corporate, Finance and Legal – ensuring maximum co-operation in identifying and executing opportunities.
Is Shell Commercial Midstream / Upstream right for you?
We’re looking for ambitious and tenacious people with analytical minds who can negotiate with senior level stakeholders and external parties.
To succeed in Commercial Midstream / Upstream with Shell you’ll need skills in business planning and evaluation, contracts management, engaging and influencing, marketing, internal and external stakeholder management, technical knowledge for commercial staff and deal-making.
We need people who are self-reliant; who seek to drive their own careers. We’ll then provide you with all the networking opportunities, direction, training and mentoring you'll need.
Progressing your career in Shell Commercial Midstream / Upstream
We’ll equip you with the skills you need to fast-track your career in Commercial Midstream / Upstream. These will depend on your assignments. But you’ll probably gain experience in problem solving, evaluating businesses, understanding technical issues, engaging and influencing key stakeholders, marketing, managing contracts and making deals.
Most people who join Shell in Commercial Midstream / Upstream start as one of the following:
- Commercial Adviser
- Commercial Analyst
- Economist
- Business Analyst
- Quantitative Analyst
- Strategy Analyst
- Contracts Adviser
