Shell at a glance

Shell in India is a diverse range of businesses which contribute to both the economy and society of the communities in which we operate.

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 INDIA

OIL PRODUCTS:

Lubricants

• A state-of-the-art lube-oil blending plant at Taloja (outside Mumbai in western India) – considered to be among the finest lube-oil blending plants in Asia, manufacturing  a range of branded lubricants focused on the automotive and industrial sector

Bitumen

• High Capacity Plants – 50,000 MTPA in Uluberia, West Bengal and Savli, Gujarat to produce a range of Bitumen Specialty products such as Bitumen Emulsions, Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) and Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB) to cater to the need of Indian Roads, Highways and Airport sector in Northern, Eastern and Western parts of the country.

Marine

• Provides fuels, lubricants and related technical services to the shipping industry
   

Retail

• Only international company to be granted and actualise Government of India approval to retail fuel in India till date
• License for 2000 fuel retail stations
• Won the “National Award” from President of India in Year 2007 for work with the disabled people as an employer
   

Technology Solutions

• Technical Services Agreement with Reliance, CHT, and IOC
• Catalyst sales
   

TRADING

• Major private sector supplier of crude, products and chemicals to public/private sector oil companies.
   

GAS AND POWER

• Joint Venture between Shell (74%) and Total (26%)
• Hazira LNG receiving and re-gasification terminal
• Capacity 2.5 million tonnes of LNG per annum
• Bulk container port under development at Hazira 
   

R&D

• To deliver high-end technical studies, projects, and services for Shell worldwide, plus supporting interests in India.
   

FINANCIAL BUSINESS SERVICE

• Provide a wide range of finance, accounting and other business or customer services to Shell operating companies globally
   

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• All Shell companies in India invest in community development as a part of their commitment to Sustainable Development.
• Shell aims that its business activities should contribute towards benefiting communities.
• Shell India contribution to mainstreaming the disability movement in India is widely recognized – creating role models in this sector by means of the Shell Helen Keller Awards.
• Shell in India is also active in the area of road safety.
   

THE SHELL FOUNDATION an independent UK based charity

In India

• Has spent over 10 million USD
• Current Impact – more than 2 million people
• Programmes undertaken include household energy and health, energy access & sustainable livelihood programmes for poor communities.
• Breathing Space reduction in indoor air pollution through smokeless chulhas in Maharashtra and Bundelkhand
• Trading Up organic farming and fair trade label practice to build sustainable livelihoods in the Kutch district (Gujarat) Orissa
• Excelerate small medium enterprise program supporting barefoot entrepreneurs in energy and transport
  
  

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.

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 in 2010
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 business

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 

Visit our Investor Centre to view our latest quarterly results.

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.

Learn more about our social and environmental performance