Shell

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Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was originally founded in April 1907 as Royal Dutch Shell, with its current entity established on 20 July 2005 in Shell Centre, London. A public limited company with primary listings on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam, and the New York Stock Exchange, Shell is a core component of Big Oil. It stands as the second largest investor-owned oil and gas company in the world by revenue (after Exxon Mobil) and is among the world's largest companies across any industry, reporting US$284.3 billion in revenue in 2024. Its core business encompasses the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of oil and gas. Information regarding key leadership personnel and the exact number of employees is not specified. While specific competitors are not listed, its market position places it among the global leaders in the energy sector. Notably, Shell was identified as the ninth-largest corporate producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the period 1988 2015, measured by both its own emissions and the emissions of all the fossil fuels it sells.