Shell plc
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Marcus and Samuel renamed their company the Shell Transport and Trading Company and launched their first refinery at Balik Papan in Dutch Borneo. |
| 1901 | Shell Transport and Trading Company won the transport and distribution rights when oil was first found in Texas. |
| 1907 | Merged Shell Transport and Trading Company with Royal Dutch and formed the Royal Dutch Shell Group. |
| 1929 | Founded Shell Chemicals to advance the refinement of chemicals from oil. |
| 1947 | Royal Dutch Shell Group was drilled in the Gulf of Mexico, which was the first commercially viable offshore well. |
| 1960s | The company started strengthening its presence in the Middle East, discovering oil in Yibal, Oman’s most prolific field. |
| 1993 | Shell opened the world’s first commercial GTL plant in Bintulu, Malaysia. |
| 2005 | Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading was dissolved. |
| 2012 | Shell completed Pearl Gas-to-Liquids fuels (GTL), which is the world’s largest source of GTL products in Qatar. |
| 2015 | Shell acquired BG Group, a U.K. oil and gas production company. |
| 2016 | Shell created its New Energies business to focus on exploring and developing commercial opportunities in renewable energy, such as wind and solar. |
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