INTRODUCTION
Shell is a company that operates many different businesses in
locations around the world. People depend on us for mobility,
products and services. All of our companies are judged on how we
act. And our actions are governed by the values and principles that
we share. The core values for every Shell company around the world
are honesty, integrity and respect for people.
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Our corporate historyWhat began nearly 200 years ago as a small
shop in London selling antiques, and later sea shells, is today one
of the worlds major energy companies.
Beginnings
Marcus Samuel, founder of the Shell Transport and Trading
Company Almost 200 years ago, a London antique dealer began
importing sea shells from the Far East to supply a fashion for
exotic dcor. Marcus Samuels enterprise laid the foundations for a
thriving import-export business later run by his sons, Marcus
Junior and Sam. At this time oil was largely used in lighting and
lubricants and the industry was based in Baku, Russia, with its
large reserves of high quality oil and strategic natural
harbour.
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Environment & SocietyLearn how we are running our operations
responsibly today and helping to build a responsible energy system
for tomorrow.
EnvironmentMeeting the worlds growing energy needs and
protecting the environment requires new technology, partnerships
and ways of operating. We continually look for ways to reduce the
environmental impact of our operations.
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Climate change and Shell
We were one of the first energy companies in 1997 to acknowledge
the threat of climate change, to call for action by governments,
our industry and energy users, and to take action ourselves. Our
latest energy scenarios show that fossil fuels will continue to
satisfy the bulk of the worlds growing need for energy for decades
to come. This makes managing CO2 emissions from coal, oil and
natural gas critical in addressing man-made climate change. Our
approach includes: 1. Increasing the efficiency of our operations.
2. Establishing a substantial capability in carbon dioxide capture
and storage (CCS). The underlying technologies for CCS are proven
and were engaged in a number of projects to learn by doing as
quickly as possible. 3. Continuing to research and develop
technologies that increase efficiency and reduce emissions from our
operations. 4. Aggressively developing low-CO2 sources of energy,
including increasing supplies of natural gas and developing
transport fuels, including biofuels.4
5. Helping manage energy demand by growing the market for
products and services - like fuel economy formulations for our
petrol and high-efficiency lubricants - that help millions of
retail and business customers use less energy and emit less CO2. 6.
Actively encouraging governments to provide an effective
international policy framework for managing CO2 and other
greenhouse gases.
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Managing environmental impactsCoastal Area Eco-Restoration
Project : While mangroves are at threat all over the globe and in
India, a recent survey indicates that Gujarat is the only state in
the country that has shown an increase in Mangrove cover. One of
the largest efforts in this area related to mangroves has been in
Hazira peninsula. Preventing spills: Spills of oil and oil products
can harm the environment and put our employees and neighbouring
communities at risk. While spills from oil tankers attract the most
public attention, they are rare. In 2008, the ships we managed
carried 40 million tonnes of cargo and there were no spills. At our
operations, we have been steadily reducing the amount of oil and
oil products spilled for reasons we can control, like corrosion or
operational failures. Thanks to ongoing improvements in how we run
and maintain our plants, these spill volumes are nearly 80% lower
than they were in 1998.6
Tackling air pollution from our operations: Shell has been
working hard to reduce the emissions of local pollutants from our
operations. This has involved a wide range of investments to
upgrade facilities, install cleaner-burning equipment and sulphur
dioxide capture technology. Reducing our water use: New technology
is playing a critical role in helping us reduce water use. Our
Pearl GTL plant in Qatar, for example, has been designed to take no
fresh water from its arid surroundings. The Schoonebeek project in
the Netherlands will re-use municipal wastewater to make steam. In
Oman a project is underway to plant reed beds that will clean up
the 45,000 m3 of water brought to the surface daily when our joint
venture produces oil.
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Shell Code of ConductShell is a global company operating in a
challenging world. Our Code of Conduct guides employees on how to
apply the Shell General Business Principles in line with our core
values of honesty, integrity and respect. It provides practical
advice on how to comply with laws and regulations and how to relate
to customers, communities and colleagues. Regulatory requirements
placed upon us have never been more complex or demanding. The Shell
Code of Conduct clarifies the standards we expect our employees to
follow and the behaviours we expect them to adopt. The Shell Code
of Conduct covers such topics as: National and International Trade,
Health Safety and the Environment, Personal and Business Integrity,
Financial and Asset Protection, People, and Information
Management.
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Revolutionising oil transport The arrival of the internal
combustion engine in 1886 led to a surge in demand for transport
fuel. Building on their shipping expertise, the Samuel brothers
commissioned a fleet of steamers to carry oil in bulk. They
revolutionised oil transport with the maiden voyage of their first
tanker, Murex. In 1892, Murex was the first ever tanker to transit
the Suez Canal. The brothers company was named the Shell Transport
and Trading Company in 1897. It used a mussel shell as its
logo.
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Becoming Royal Dutch Shell Shell Transports activities in the
East, combined with a search for new sources of oil to reduce
dependence on Russia, brought it into contact with Royal Dutch
Petrolem. The two companies joined forces in 1903 to protect
themselves against the dominance of Standard Oil. They fully merged
into the Royal Dutch Shell Group in 1907. Shell changed its logo to
the scallop shell, or pecten, which is used today. By the end of
the 1920s Shell was the worlds leading oil company, producing 11%
of the worlds crude and owning 10% of its tanker tonnage. The 1930s
were difficult: the groups assets in Mexico were seized and it was
forced to concede generous terms to the Venezuelan government when
it nationalised its oil fields.
Tapping New ResourcesThe 1970s were notable for Shells
development of the oil fields in the North Sea and South America -
difficult and expensive to do, but crucial given the reduced
supplies from the Middle East. In 1978 Shell completed the Cognac
drilling and production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the worlds
tallest platform at 1,100 feet.
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Post-war expansion
After the Second World War, as peace brought a boom in car use,
Shell expanded into Africa and South America. Shipping became
larger and better powered. In 1947 Shell drilled the first
commercially viable offshore oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. By
1955 Shell had 300 wells. In 1958 Shell began production in
Nigeria.
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The oil crisisIn 1969, Ghaddafi took power in Libya, cutting oil
production and raising prices. Other producers threatened to do the
same and the Yom Kippur war of 1973 brought the crisis to a head.
Within weeks OPEC countries quadrupled the oil price and imposed a
boycott for two months. The effect on the West was economically
catastrophic.
ExpansionFrom the mid-1990s public scrutiny of the oil industry
intensified as environmental issues gained prominence. Shell was
criticised over plans to dispose of the Brent Spar platform and
also ran into difficulties in Nigeria. As the new millennium got
under way, Shell expanded in China and Russia. In 2005 Shell
dissolved its old corporate structure to create a single new
company. Shell remains one of the worlds major oil and gas
companies. We have interests in liquefied natural gas and gas to
liquids products; we help develop sustainable biofuels; and we are
involved in wind projects.
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History of Shell in IndiaPre-1994: History of Shell in India -
beyond selling petroleum
Set up in 1928, The Burmah-Shell Oil Storage and Distributing
Company of India Limited was a pioneer in more ways than one, and
began operations with import and marketing of Kerosene. It
pioneered rural marketing by reaching out to people even in remote
villages to ensure supply of kerosene. With motor cars, came canned
petrol, followed by service stations which were built in the 1930s.
On 15th October 1932, when civil aviation arrived in India, the
company fueled J.R.D. Tata's historic solo flight in a single
engine de Havilland Puss Moth from Karachi to Bombay (Juhu) via
Ahmedabad. Then, the company introduced LPG as a cooking fuel to
the Indian home in the mid-1950s. Besides selling bitumen, the
company pioneered desert road construction in India. In 1955 the
company commissioned what was then Indias largest refinery which
was the first to process newly found indigenous crude (Bombay
High), in the country. On 24th January 1976, the Burmah Shell Group
of Companies was taken over by the Government of India.
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The history of the Shell logoFor more than 100 years the word
Shell, our Pecten emblem, and the distinctive red and yellow
colours have identified the Shell brand and promoted our corporate
reputation. These symbols have stood for the quality of our
products and services, and represented our professionalism and
values around the world. The word Shell first appeared in 1891 as
the trademark for the kerosene that Marcus Samuel and Company
shipped to the Far East. The small London business dealt originally
in antiques and oriental seashells. In 1897 Samuel formed The Shell
Transport and Trading Company. The first logo in 1901 was a mussel
shell. In 1904 a scallop shell, or Pecten, gave a visual element to
the corporate and brand name.
Why the Pecten?
The company name was Shell and each of Samuels tankers carrying
kerosene to the Far East was named after a different seashell. The
Pecten may have been taken from the family coat of arms of a
business associate, Mr Graham, who imported Samuels kerosene into
India and became a director of The Shell Transport and Trading
Company. Following a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
the Graham family had adopted the St Jamess Shell. Over the years
the form of the Shell emblem has changed gradually in line with
trends in graphic design. Designer Raymond Loewy created and
introduced the current emblem in 1971.14
Why red and yellow?
In 1915 the Shell Company of California first built service
stations and had to make these stand out from the competition. They
used bright colours that would not offend the Californians: because
of the states strong Spanish connections they chose red and yellow.
The actual colours have developed over the years, most notably in
1995 when a bright, consumer-friendly Shell Red and Shell Yellow
were introduced to launch our new retail visual identity. The
Pecten remains one of the greatest brand symbols in the 21st
century.
Listening to our people
We value communication and consulation with our employees,
directly or via staff councils or recognised trade unions. We
encourage our staff to report their views about our processes and
practices safely and confidentially to managers or Human Resources
staff. Our global telephone helpline and website enable employees
to report breaches of our Code of Conduct and the Shell General
Business Principles, confidentially and anonymously.
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Rewards & benefitsOur competitive salaries reflect the
market conditions of the country where employees are based and the
high level of skill and experience required. We recognise and
reward individual achievement through performance-related pay and
bonuses, and the benefits we offer typically include
pension/retirement plans and healthcare coverage. We provide
flexible working practices wherever necessary and possible, and we
offer competitive levels of annual leave entitlements and
maternity/paternity leave. We also accommodate career breaks and
sabbaticals if possible and our employees are encouraged to
participate in social responsibility projects, employee interest
groups and campus recruitment.
Career progressionWe provide our staff with professional
training and development programmes and support, and we offer
leadership programmes. Working in international environments or
abroad allows our staff new insights and knowledge. We encourage
creativity and innovative thinking and we give employees the
opportunity to face new challenges to take on increased
responsibility.
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Our global business structureShell is organised into: Upstream,
Downstream, and Projects & Technology
UpstreamOur Upstream businesses explore for and extract crude
oil and natural gas, often in joint ventures with international and
national oil companies. We liquefy natural gas by cooling and
transport it to customers across the world. We also convert natural
gas to liquids (GTL) to provide cleaner burning fuels. Upstream
markets and trades natural gas and power in support of our
businesses. We extract bitumen an especially thick, heavy oil from
mined oil sands and convert it to synthetic crude oil. We are also
developers of wind power as a means to generate electricity. Our
Upstream businesses are grouped into two organisational units:
Upstream Americas, covering the Americas, and Upstream
International, covering the rest of the world with major interests
in Europe, Asia/Middle East/Russia, Australia/Oceania and
Africa.
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DownstreamOur Downstream organisation is made up of a number of
businesses. Collectively these turn crude oil into a range of
refined products, which are moved and marketed around the world for
domestic, industrial and transport use. These include fuels,
lubricants and bitumen. Our manufacturing business includes
Refining, Supply and Distribution. Marketing includes our Retail,
Business to Business (B2B), Lubricants and Alternative Energies and
CO2. Our Chemicals business has dedicated Manufacturing and
Marketing units of its own. We also trade crude oil, oil products
and petrochemicals primarily to optimise feedstock for our
Manufacturing business and to supply our Marketing business. Our
CO2 organisation is responsible for coordinating and driving CO2
management activities across the company. The global network of
Shell Trading companies encompasses Shells trading activities in
every major energy market around the world. We also manage one of
the world's largest fleets of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers
and oil tankers.
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Projects & TechnologyOur Projects and Technology
organisation provides technical services and technology capability
in upstream and downstream activities. It manages the delivery of
major projects and helps to improve performance across the company.
We deliver differentiated technical information technology for
Shell and drive research and innovation to create tomorrows
technology solutions. Projects and Technology also houses Safety
& Environment and Contracting & Procurement as these are
integral to all our activities.
India business structureRoyal Dutch Shell is the largest and
most diversified international investor in India's energy sector
among all global integrated oil companies with nearly US$1 billion
invested already. It is the only global major to have a fuel retail
license in India. Besides being a major private sector supplier of
crude, products, chemicals and technology to public/private sector
oil companies, Shell also has key interests in lubricants, bitumen
while operating an LNG receiving and regasification terminal, as
well as a significant Technology center and a financial business
services center.
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Retail in India
Outlet at Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore In July 2004 Shell India
acquired a marketing license from the Government of India, to set
up a network of up to 2,000 fuel retail stations in India. Shell
India Markets Private Limited (SIMPL) a fully owned subsidiary of
the Royal Dutch/ Shell Group (Shell) is implementing the license.
SIMPL is a part of the Shell Group of Companies in India. Shell is
committed to Sustainable Development as part of its General
Business Principles. Sustainable development is about integrating
the economic, environmental and social considerations into decision
making by balancing short-term priorities with long-term needs by
addressing the needs of different stakeholders with innovative
solutions that provide win-win results for all in the long term.
Sustainable development is at the heart of the way we do business
for Shell India. We believe in taking environmental impact
seriously & addressing it properly. Shell also pays due
attention to social opportunity. This integrated, early-start
approach differentiates the sustainable development mindset.
Working actively to realize our sustainable development outlook
while developing our business profitably in India, SIMPL has linked
its business plan at a fundamental level with its commitment to
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environment, maximizing the social and environmental
opportunities at a local level. For Shell protection of the soil
& ground water under and the environment surrounding the retail
outlet is of utmost importance. The incorporation of leak-proof
tankage, piping & other devices into the retail station design
of Shells retail stations heralds a new trend in fuel retailing
operations, where recognizing & mitigating the environmental
& social impacts becomes the norm rather than the exception.
Shell India also has a strong tradition of providing opportunities
to benefit the local community through employmentetc. Additionally
Shell is committed to understanding the needs of the marginalized
and looks to their integration in the local community. To encourage
increased participation of this segment of the society in the
economic opportunities generated by our retail fuel business, Shell
India has adopted the following measures and has integrated into
the business plan:
Design handicap-friendly outlets. Diversity at work place
especially by creating favourable conditions for disabled persons
and women to work at the outlets. Encourage economically
marginalized youth to take up entrepreneurship opportunities of
managing and running the Shell outlets.
Shell Retail now has a presence across 6 states- Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Assam in the country and is
keen to expand its presence in the country to offer customers
everywhere our international quality fuels.
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Diversity on the ForecourtShell is the only international energy
company licensed to build and operate service stations in India. We
have brought our environmental and social standards with us,
including our commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. Our
quickly growing network of service stations has made a special
effort to hire women, people with disabilities, and disadvantaged
members of society. It started with listening carefully to ensure
we understood their specific needs. For female employees, this
meant installing separate changing and bathroom facilities. They
work only the daytime shifts, so they do not have to work or travel
after dark. Local NGOs have helped convince families that our
service stations are appropriate places for women to work. As a
result, there were on average 17 women employed per station by the
end of 2006. For people with disabilities, we made our sites
accessible, for example by installing wheelchair ramps. At each
station, there is a supervisor who knows sign language. By the end
of 2006, on average four disabled people were working at each
station.
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Shell Bitumen in India
Bitumen Plant at Savli, Gujarat The first Shell bitumen plant in
India was launched in December 2006 at Uluberia, near Kolkata in
West Bengal. The plant is a modified bitumen and emulsion
production plant that will produce a range of special application
bituminous products such as different grades of Bitumen emulsions,
Polymer Modified Bitumen and Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen. The
plant has a total installed capacity of 50,000 metric tones per
annum, which can be expanded as per the market demand in future.
This plant at Uluberia is also equipped to manufacture special
tailor made bitumen products to international standards as per
special climatic and road conditions and applications. Additionally
Shell Bitumen in India also supplies ready to use instant road
repair premix under brand name Shell Shelmac PR. This allows road
to be opened to traffic within 10-15 minutes and imparts good
strength to repaired area. The same is being successfully supplied
through a network of franchisees in different parts of the country
for the last five years and has been very well accepted by all
contractors, road maintenance agencies and consultants in the
country. Looking at high acceptance and appreciation of Shells
products and services from Uluberia plant and to service the market
needs in northern and western part of the country Shell Bitumen has
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similar Modified Bitumen and Emulsion Plant at Savli, near
Vadodara in the state of Gujarat. This plant will also produce
similar Bitumen Speciality products such as varied range of Bitumen
Emulsions, High Performance Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB), Crumb
Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) and other special application
bitumenous products. We have also started a supply of conventional
grades of Bitumen such as Bitumen 60/70 (VG-30) and Bitumen 80/100
(VG-10). In order to meet the quality requirements of Asphalt Mix,
we will soon be launching Higher Performance grades of Conventional
Bitumen. We are here to partner the growth of infrastructure in
India in the long term.
Quality ProductThe real differentiation for a customer buying
product from Shell Bitumen rests in basic product knowledge,
understanding of its complete chemistry, Quality Control and the
technology around it together with its performance on the ground,
backed by global Shell bitumen expertise. Shell is more of a
solution provider, supplying tailor-made, fit-forapplication and
treatment of road products based on customer needs. Shell typically
works with both the contractor, design and supervision consultant
and the owner of airport runways/ major highways and even with
rural roads to provide the most suitable and best product suited to
their application, product needs and local conditions. Recent
successes In Delhi on providing a thin layer eco-friendly system
(Micro-surfacing using Cold Bitumen Emulsions) to re-surface city
roads, in The Philippines (Shell provided a system for turning a
rural unbounded road into a fit-for-purpose paved road) and China
bear testimony to the Shell ability to raise overall quality /
technology of the market which is critical to road infrastructure
development in India.
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Business Opportunities for Shell Bitumen in IndiaIndia is
building a huge network of national highways, state highways and
rural roads (vast network of 3.3 million Kms, second only to USA)
and would need world class product quality in order to minimize the
maintenance cost of the roads over their life cycle. There is a
huge central funding, states funding, external aid from WB / ADB
and Private investments to build this massive road network in the
country. Shell can significantly contribute to enhance longevity of
road surface while simultaneously lowering maintenance cost through
the application of technology based solutions during pavement
construction and its preventive and routine maintenance . Whereas
earlier roads were built with the primary aim of moving passenger
traffic only, roads today need to take care of extensive movement
of goods through heavy load axles on the road due to explosive
economic growth. Thus the road designs need to be suitably upgraded
to take care of present load and traffic intensity conditions on
the roads. Another typical factor for India is the wide climatic
variations over geographies and over different periods. Also,
certain parts of the country are subjected to heavy rainfall or
heavy snowfall. Further, there is a massive legacy road network
that has weak base and cannot be upgraded overnight but need to be
maintained using maintenance applications. Thus serving Indias
legacy road infrastructure as well as paving modern Highways and
Airports of tomorrow needs application of High end products and
technologies, which Shell is capable to provide. Shell has entered
the India market in bitumen with twin objectives: to leverage over
80 years of experience across the world in building safe, high
quality roads to the benefit of the country and thereby to build a
long standing profitable bitumen business in India. The Shell
Bitumen plants at Uluberia (East India) and Savli (West India) will
bring to India, best-in-class pavement solutions for highways,
roads and airport runways as well as some other special
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Shell Bitumen Products for different applicationsShell Bitumen
in India supplies different grades of Bitumen Emulsions, Modified
Bitumen and ready to use cold-mix for different road applications.
The table below provides different product grades and its
applications on Indian roads:Shell Bitumen Products for different
applicationsSHELL PRODUCT Spramul RS-1 Spramul MS Spramul CSS-1
Spramul CSS-1h Spramul SS-2 Spramul SS-1 Spramul Microsurfacing
Spramul CQS-1h Cariphalte 40/ 70/ 120 Bitumen PMB 40/70 Mexphalte
CRMB 55 / 60 TYPE OF PRODUCT Emulsion Emulsion Emulsion Emulsion
Emulsion Emulsion Modified Emulsion APPLICATION TYPES Tack Coat
Patch Work, Premix Carpet, Prime Coat Prime Coat, Tack Coat Prime
Coat, Tack Coat Slurry Seal, Fog Seal, Cold Mixes Prime Coat, Fog
Seal Micro-surfacing application for Highways, city roads EXCEEDS
SPECIFICATIONS IS:8887, ASTM D 2397 IS:8887, ASTM D 2397 ASTM D
2397 ASTM D 2397 IS: 8887, ASTM D 2397 IS: 8887 ISSA A143,
IRC:SP:81 ASTM D 2397 IS: 15462, IRC:SP:53
Modified Emulsion Crack Sealing, Tack Coat Polymer Modified
Bitumen Polymer Modified Bitumen Stable Crumb Rubber Modified
Bitumen Premium binder for wearing course, Binder Course and
Alligator Crack Sealing Premium binder for wearing course and
Binder Course Binder for wearing course, Binder layers and SAMI
layers
IS: 15462, IRC:SP:53
IS: 15462, IRC:SP:53
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Oils & LubricantsShell lubricants provide increased
protection against engine wear and corrosion in your car, pickup,
or motorbike.
Shell Helix Shell Helix Ultra motor oils active cleansing
technology is specially formulated to clean as it protects. Every
pack contains special cleansing agents which stop dirt build up
where you cant see it, but where it really matters.
Shell Specialties
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FuelsAt Shell, we're passionate about our products and the
people who use them. Our scientists have spent decades perfecting
fuels designed to help you get the most out of every drop.
At Shell, we have been developing fuels for over 100 years. It
is this experience that makes us a leading provider of innovative
and new fuels today. Shell Unleaded is specially designed to help
keep your engine clean and to help protect against corrosion.
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Frequently asked questions specifically about fuel prices in
India.
Q : What is the retail price of fuel made up of?A : The price of
fuel at the retail station comprises the product cost, central
government excise and taxes, State government taxes and operating
costs and margin.
Q : Who controls pump prices In India? A : In India there is no
regulated pricing as the Administered Pricing Mechanism was
dismantled in 2001. However, the artificially low pump prices of
petrol and diesel do not reflect the realities of the high crude
and refined product prices. The low prices are subsidised by the
present government through the issuance of oil bonds, which are
given exclusively to public sector fuel retailers in India.For
Shell ,the pricing decision is influenced by a number of factors
including:
cost of bringing the fuel to the retail site (product and
distribution costs) cost of running the service station (e.g.
salaries, rent, utilities)29
Q : Why have fuel prices increased compared to previous years?A
: The cost of crude oil and refined product have risen and
therefore fuel prices have increased. The cost of crude oil and
refined product are influenced by a number of factors, such as
increasing oil demand, limits in refiningcapacity, seasonal demand
for product and extreme weather events that have affected
refineries or fuel supplies.
Q : Why do fuel prices vary in different countries?A : The price
of fuel in different countries is affected by:
Cost of buying finished product in the country (country supplies
usually cheaper than importing product) Government excise and tax
rates Government subsidies for fuel Currency fluctuations
Q : How does the US exchange rate affect fuel prices in my
country?A : Since the world's major crude oil market is generally
traded in US dollars, any variation between a country's exchange
rate and the US dollar will impact the cost of buying crude oil in
that country.
Q : Why doesn't Shell use its profits to subsidise fuel prices?A
: Higher crude prices have contributed to company revenues, but oil
industry profit margins have been in line with those of other
industries. Furthermore, energy companies need to continually
invest billions of dollars each year, over the long term, to
safeguard the future of their business and to ensure a sustainable
energy supply for consumers. Producing crude oil involves long-term
and high-risk projects requiring billions of dollars investment
over 20-30 years (developing a single new oil field can cost over
$1 billion). Higher profits in some periods help30
safeguard investments when oil prices, and hence profits, are
lower at other times.
Q : Can Shell use its influence to bring down the price of crude
oil?A : No. Shell only produces around 3% of the world's oil. The
majority of the crude oil that is used in our refineries to make
finished fuel products is bought on the open market. The price of
crude oil is influenced primarily by:
Increasing oil demand Limits in refining capacity Currency
fluctuations Market speculation
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Shell MotorsportThrough technical partnerships with Ferrari,
Ducati and the ShellPennzoil team in NASCAR, Shell has the most
extreme test bed to develop the best premium products for every
Shell customer. In this section you have the chance to get behind
the scenes and find out all you need to know about Shells
involvement.
FerrariShell's expertise in fuel and oil development has helped
Scuderia Ferrari to 12 FIA Formula One Drivers' titles and 10
Constructors' titles. The developments and learnings are taken
directly from the race track and transferred directly to products
for every customer's car.
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Shell and DucatiShell Motorsport is at the heart of the MotoGP
and World Superbike action. Over ten years, our technical
partnership with Ducati Corse has grown into one of the most
successful collaborations in motorsport. Working
shoulder-to-shoulder with the Ducati team, our learnings from the
extreme testing environment of the race track contribute to
providing bikers all over the world with high performing products
such as Shell VPower road fuel and Shell Advance oil.
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Lubricants for BusinessesShell works closely with customers to
develop a deep understanding of the challenges they face. This
enables us to advise our customers on the most effective products
and services to meet their needs today and work closely with them
to develop solutions for tomorrow. Shell Lubricants have the
largest sales team and the most direct customer relationships of
any global lubricants supplier.
Shell has long been the leading supplier of outstanding products
and services to a range of different industries. We can provide you
with the full range of oils, greases and additional services - to
make sure you and your equipment stay on the job.
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Environment & SocietyTo meet the worlds growing energy
demand will take multiple resources, including oil and gas from
conventional and unconventional sources. Shell liquefies natural
gas, making it easier to transport and opening up huge energy
resources. Our gas-to-liquids process turns natural gas into liquid
transport fuel and other products. We are also involved in wind
energy projects. And we continue to develop our capacity in
conventional and advanced biofuels.
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