| Year | Events |
|---|
| 1885 | Aeilko Jans Zijlker drilled Telaga Tunggal 1 Well in Telaga Said village, North Sumatra. |
| 1890 | Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was established in the Hague. |
| 1892 | Royal Dutch’s first refinery put up in Pangkalan Brandan in North Sumatra. |
| 1897 | The "Shell Transport and Trading Company” was founded by Marcus Samuel. |
| 1899 | Shell Transport and Trading built refinery in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. |
| 1902 | First joint venture Royal Dutch and Shell Transport and Trading to handle shipping and marketing of both companies. |
| 1907 | The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies was formed with 60:40 interest. |
| 1965 | Shell sold all assets in Indonesia to Pertamina. Representative office of Shell set up in Indonesia. |
| 1969 | Shell restarted Exploration and Production (EP) activities with Kaltim Shell PSC. |
| 1977 | Shell and Pertamina signed Technical Services Agreement for lubricants. |
| 1989 | Shell started developing Petrochemical project in Cilacap. The project was discontinued in 1993. |
| 1990 | SNT (Shell Nusantara Trading) was founded to handle petrochemical imports. |
| 1994 | Shell and Pertamina signed Memorandum of Agreement for joint venture in Lube Oil Blending Plant. The project was discontinued in 1998. |
| 1995 | PT. Kridapetra Graha (KPG) was initially founded to manufacture and market bitumen. A blending plant was established in Merak, Banten. |
| 1997 | Shell launched the marketing and distribution of world known high-grade brands of lubricants, Shell Helix Super, Helix Plus and Helix Ultra. Lubricants TSA with Pertamina was discontinued. |
| 2001 | EP business in Indonesia formally closed down. |
| 2001 | Shell Gas and Power (GP) established a business development team in Indonesia to explore opportunities. New Oil and Gas Law No. 22 was signed into law, signaling end of Pertamina’s obligation as single distributor of fuel in the country. Licences for retail business for private companies are opened. |
| 2003 | Bitumen plant in Merak was closed down due non-viability. Bitumen specialities business successfully started with launch of Flintkote product line. |
| 2004 | Shell’s world known transport lubricant brand, Rimula, launched in Indonesia. Shell’s motorcycle oil brands, Advance S2 and S4, launched. |
| 2005 | Shell Solar opened its Sales Office in Jakarta under PT. Shell Solar Indonesia. Its first distributor was established in Baturaja, Palembang, South Sumatra. On November 1st, the first Fuel Retail Outlet (SPBU) was opened in Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang. This was the first internationally-branded fuel retail station after 40 years in Indonesia. In November, an MOU between Shell and PT Pertamina was signed to explore cooperation in aviation fuels business in Jakarta. In December, Shell submitted a tender for new fields in West Sulawesi. |
| 2006 | Shell successfully launched Shell Helix RRR (Refresh, Revive, Rejuvenate) campaign, or “Bersih, Segar, Seperti Baru Terus”. In February-March, Shell opened up 2 more Fuel Retail Stations, in S. Parman and Warung Buncit. |
