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Shell at a glance
As one of the world’s leading energy companies Shell plays a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. In Australia Shell employs around 2,500 people and is involved in searching for and producing oil and gas, as well as refining, supplying, manufacturing and marketing a range of products.
Shell in Australia
Shell has been active in Australia since 1901. Our business activities in Australia are exploring and producing oil and gas, and refining, supplying, manufacturing and marketing a range of oil products. Our head office in Australia is in Melbourne.
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 Australia
Shell is a major global energy organisation that has had a presence in Australia since 1901. Our business in Australia is broadly divided into "upstream" and "downstream".The upstream business finds, develops and supplies liquefied natural gas (LNG), condensates and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to overseas markets and natural gas to domestic customers in Western Australia.
The downstream business manufactures petroleum products, supplying 25% of Australia's petroleum requirements. We have thousands of customers throughout the country.
The products supplied by our businesses and the jobs they generate make a significant contribution to the Australian economy.
Shell in Australia by numbers
- About a quarter of Australia's petroleum product requirements are supplied by Shell
- 800+ Shell branded service stations
- 2 Refineries (Geelong and Clyde)
- 1 Lubricants blending plant in Pinkenba, Queensland
- 16 Terminals throughout coastal Australia
- More than a third of all Bitumen used for private and government roads supplied by Shell
- 100+ years serving Australians
Our contribution
Social Investment can mean different things to different people. For Shell Australia, Social Investment is a targeted investment made by a business that assists community organisations to achieve their goals - read more about out Social Investment Programme in Australia.Shell Worldwide
Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Our headquarters are in The Hague, the Netherlands, and 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 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.
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Our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people form the basis of the Shell General Business Principles.
Shell worldwide by numbers
- +90 countries where we operate
- ~101,000 number of employees
- 2% amount of world’s oil we produce
- 3% amount of world’s gas we produce
- 3.1 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day
- 44,000 Shell service stations worldwide
- 145 billion litres of fuel sold
- >35 refineries and chemical plants we run (figures for 2009)
- 1 ranking by Fortune 500 in 2009
Our business
Upstream searches for and recovers 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
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2009
- Revenue: $278.2 billion
- Income: $12.7 billion
- Capital investment: $31.7 billion
- Investment in research and development: over $1.2 billion
Fast facts for sustainable development
- $1.7 billion spent on CO2 and 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.
