Shell
Also known as:
Royal Dutch Shell, RDS
Shell is a large multinational oil company with an extensive global refining portfolio.
In 2018, Shell ranked fourth globally in terms of total refining capacity.
Shell's refining portfolio includes capacity in most of the major refining centers around the world including the US Gulf Coast, Northwest Europe, and Southeast Asia.
Shell's refineries, especially those in the major refining hubs, tend to be very large and complex.
Refineries
Brunei
Seria - 12 kbpd Shell
Canada
Sarnia - 77 kbpd Shell
Scotford - 100 kbpd Shell
Germany
Karlsruhe - 322 kbpd MiRO (Shell & ExxonMobil & Rosneft & Phillips 66)
Rheinland - 350 kbpd Shell
Schwedt - 239 kbpd PCK (Shell & Rosneft & Eni)
Netherlands
Pernis - 440 kbpd Shell
Singapore
Bukom - 500 kbpd Shell (Pending sale to Glencore and Chandra Asri)
United Kingdom
Eastham - 27 kbpd Eastham (Shell & Nynas)
United States
Norco - 250 kbpd Shell
Company information
Headquarters: Carel van Bylandtlaan 16, 2596 HR The Hague, The Netherlands
Refining history
1890 - Royal Dutch Petroleum founded in the Netherlands
1897 - Shell Transport and Trading founded in Britain
1902 - Pernis refinery opened
1907 - Combination of Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading form Royal Dutch Shell
1915 - Martinez refinery opened
1919 - Acquisition of Mexican Eagle Petroleum in Mexico
1929 - Shell Chemicals founded
1929 - Deer Park refinery opened
1929 - Acquired NORCO refinery
1932 - Shellburn (Canada) refinery opened
1933 - Montreal refinery opened
1938 - Nationalization of Mexico assets
1952 - Sarnia refinery opened
1955 - Anacortes refinery opened
1961 - Bukom refinery opened
1969 - Yamaguchi refinery commissioned in Japan under Shell Sekiyu
1984 - Scotford refinery opened
1985 - Shell Sekiyu (with Yamaguchi refinery) merged with Shows oil to form Showa Shell
1986 - SASREF refinery opened
1993 - Shellburn refinery closed
1993 - Deer Park JV formed with Pemex
1998 - Motiva and Equilon JVs formed with Aramco and Texaco
1998 - Anacortes refinery sold to Tesoro
2001 - Texaco interest in Motiva and Equilon bought out
2016 - Shell sold most of its holdings in Showa Shell to Idemitsu
2017 - Motiva JV dissolved with Shell keeping Convent and Norco refineries
2019 - SASREF (Saudi Arabia) - Aramco acquired Shell's 50% interest in SASREF
2020 - Martinez (US) - Shell completed sale to PBF
2021 - Deer Park (US) - Pemex agreed to buy 50% share from Shell
2021 - Shell sold Puget Sound (US) to HollyFrontier
2021 - Fredericia (Denmark) - Shell agreed to sell to Postlane Partners
2022 - Shell completed sale of interest in Deer Park refinery to Pemex
2022 - Shell sold the Saraland refinery to Vertex
2024 - Shell has agreed to sell its stake in Schwedt to Prax
2024 - Shell has agreed to sell Bukom to CAPGC (JV between Glencore and Chandra Asri)