Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return 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.
Shell by numbers (figures for 2010)
Shell by numbers+ 90 countries where we operate
~93,000 number of employees
48% of our production is natural gas
16.8 million tonnes of LNG sold (2010)
3.3 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day
43,000 Shell service stations worldwide
145 billion litres of fuel sold (2010)
>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 performance
2010
• Revenue: $368.1 billion
• Income: $20.5 billion
• Capital investment: $30.6 billion
• Investment in research and development: $1 billion
Fast facts for sustainable development
• $2.1 billion spent on developing alternative energies, carbon capture and storage, and on CO2 R&D over the past five years.
• $13 billion spent on goods and services in 2010 from companies in countries with lower incomes.
• >$121 million spent on voluntary social investments in 2010.
