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Our previous business structure
Royal Dutch Shell consists of the upstream businesses of Exploration & Production and Gas & Power and the downstream businesses of Oil Products, Chemicals and Oil Sands. With around 102,000 employees in more than 100 countries and territories, we play a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways.
Exploration & Production (EP)
Our Exploration & Production business searches for and recovers oil and natural gas around the world. Many of these activities are carried out as joint venture partnerships, often with national oil companies.
Gas & Power
Our Gas & Power business liquefies gas and transports it to customers across the world. We are also active in gas-to-liquids, wind and solar energy, and coal gasification technology.
Chemicals
Our Chemicals business produces petrochemicals for industrial customers. They include the raw materials for plastics, coatings and detergents used in the manufacture of textiles, medical supplies and computers.
Oil Products
Our Oil Products business refines, supplies, trades and ships crude oil worldwide and manufactures and markets a range of products. These include fuels, lubricants, bitumen and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for home, transport and industrial use.
Oil Sands
Our Oil Sands business, the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, extracts bitumen from oil sands in Alberta, western Canada and converts it to synthetic crude oils.
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Producing cleaner fuels
We have one of the broadest fuel portfolios in the industry
Shell Global Solutions
Shell Global Solutions provides business and operational consultancy, technical services, licensed technologies and research and development expertise to the energy and processing industries worldwide.
