Unlike Shell, the precursor of Chevron began life as part of Rockefeller’s empire. In 1900, Standard Oil bought Pacific Coast Oil, a San Francisco-based company founded in 1879.

Shell Oil Company Contents Big moment of the nineteenth century -- Other beginnings, ten thousand miles away ... 1941-1945 -- A billion-dollar corporation, 1945-1950 -- Appendix A. Some important ...

Shell and other leading energy groups have abandoned a six-year-long attempt to define a net zero emissions strategy after ...

Despite profiting a record $40 billion last year, Sawan vowed to ramp up the company’s dividends and share buybacks while keeping Shell’s oil output steady through the rest of the decade.

Shell plans to spend around $40 billion on oil and gas production and trading between 2023-2025, compared with $35 billion on its downstream, renewables and low-energy solutions businesses.

The assets that Shell is selling are largely owned by the Nigerian government’s national oil company NNPC, which holds a 55% stake. To finalize the agreement, the government must give its approval.

At $9.7 billion, Shell's 2023 earnings from the exploration, drilling, and extraction of oil and gas — known in the industry as "upstream" production — made up over a third of the company's ...

Oil giant Shell plans to boost fossil fuel production even as the company says it still aims to zero out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Critics concerned about climate change say to meet that ...