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SHELL
Royal Dutch Shell’s roots go back to 1890, when Jean-Baptiste August Kessler and Henry Dieterding founded the Royal Dutch Oil Company in the Netherlands. The British arm of this company was also established in 1897 by Marcus Samuel in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1907, following the merger of Royal Dutch Oil Company and Shell Company, Royal Dutch Shell Company was formed. Today, this company is considered as one of the largest companies in the world. In 2011, Shell earned an income of 470 billion dollars and was recognized as the second largest company in the world based on the amount of income. This company is also one of the six largest oil companies in the world, which are known as “supermajors”.
Royal Dutch Shell has operations in more than 90 countries and owns 47 refineries. Shell’s crude oil production capacity is on average 3.1 million barrels per day. This company owns a wide network of 44,000 gas stations in different countries of the world. Royal Dutch Shell’s largest subsidiary is Shell Oil, which manages the company’s assets in the United States. Other Shell subsidiaries include: Shell Canada, Shell Australia, Shell Nigeria, Shell Chemical, Gestra and Shell Pakistan.
