| 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. |
| 2026 |
Shell plc has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Resources Ltd., an energy company focused on the Montney shale basin in British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. This acquisition aims to accelarate the Shell’s production CAGR from 1% as outlined at its 2025 Capital Market’s Day to 4%, compared to 2025, and supports Shell’s aim to sustain material liquids production of ~1.4 million barrels per day towards 2030 and beyond. |
