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Shell at a glance

We help meet the world's growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways

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 and priorities for the future are "more upstream and profitable downstream." Read 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.

Shell by numbers

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Our businesses

Upstream Americas searches for and recovers oil and natural gas across the Americas.

Upstream International searches for and recovers oil and natural gas outside the Americas.

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, as well as driving the research and innovation to create technology solutions.

Financial performance

2008

Revenue: $458.4 billion
Income: $26.5 billion
Capital investment: $38.4 billion
Investment in research and development: over $1.2 billion (more than any other oil major)

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Fast facts for sustainable development

$1.7 billion spent on CO₂and renewable energy technologies over the last 5 years.
In 2008 greenhouse gas emissions from facilities where we operate were approximately 30% below 1990 levels.
$19 billion spent in 2008 with locally owned companies in low and middle income countries.
$148 million on social investment programmes in 2008.
45% of our total oil and gas production in 2008 was natural gas, the cleanest-burning fossil fuel.