Shell's business in China has been developed for more than 100 years. In the early 1990s, Marco Semmer and Semmer, the founders of Shell Transportation Trading Co., Ltd., began to import kerosene from China and set up oil depots in Hongkong, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen.
1894, the Senmo brothers used bulk tankers to transport kerosene to Shanghai. In the same year, Royal Dutch Oil Company began to import Crown brand kerosene to China. (At that time, the mainland called this crown brand the Sangao brand; Shell Transport Trading Co., Ltd. and Royal Dutch Oil Company are competitors. 1903, the two companies cooperated in the Far East business and established the Asian Oil Company in London.
Asia Oil Company has set up offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1906 and 1908 respectively. 19 13, and the two offices became the headquarters of Asia Fire Friends (South China) Co., Ltd. and Asia Fire Friends (North China) Co., Ltd. respectively.
1907, Royal Dutch and Shell merged their transportation business to form Royal Dutch/Shell Group. At that time, however, the company's business in China was still operated under the name of Asian Oil Company.
Before World War II, Shell established more than 50 subsidiaries in China and operated 65,438+0,000 distribution offices in about 20 provinces. During the war, all the equipment was occupied and seriously damaged by the Japanese army, and all commercial activities stopped. After the war, Shell's reconstruction work progressed rapidly. 1949 When People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, Shell had more than 1000 employees, including 35 foreign employees and 4 Chinese managers.
After 1950, Shell continued to develop in China, becoming the only western oil company operating in China at that time. Shell's main office in Shanghai was allowed to remain until 1966. At the same time, Shell has maintained a leading position in the petroleum and chemical products business in Hong Kong. 1970 and 7 1, Shell was invited to attend the Canton Fair. 65438-0980 Shell set up an office in Beijing to actively carry out trade in chemical products. During the period of 1983, Shell started oil exploration in the South China Sea in cooperation with Exxon Oil Company and Phillips Oil Company.
Shell cooperates with China government.
With the implementation of China's "Opening-up Policy", Shell has established two joint-venture oil depots in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, located at 1985 and 1987 respectively. Since then, Shell has invested more actively in China, and now it has carried out extensive business in several provinces and cities.
Shell's goal in Chinese mainland is to provide long-term sustainable clean energy solutions and help China alleviate the current serious environmental pollution problem.
The government of China is striving to improve the environmental conditions and improve the efficiency of coal-fired industry, and in order to meet the future energy demand, various forms of clean energy are used to promote the diversification of energy composition.
Shell focuses on natural gas and renewable energy, as well as new methods of coal utilization in these fields, and provides consulting services on energy efficiency and technical solutions.
In fuel, lubricating oil, asphalt and chemical business, we provide the most advanced technology and environmental protection measures, and are committed to sustainable development.
Shell's five core businesses are all developed in China: exploration and production, natural gas and power generation, petroleum products, chemicals and renewable energy.
Shell's development in China is very rapid. By the end of 2006, Shell's total investment in China was about US$ 4 billion, making it one of the largest international energy companies in China. Shell's business goal in China is to help China solve the major problems that need to be solved first in the energy field, including energy security and supply, environmental protection and energy efficiency, and to establish good mutually beneficial partnerships with China enterprises and customers at home and abroad. This means that Shell will support China to strengthen the environmental performance and energy efficiency of coal and its related industries, and provide clean energy for the fast-growing economy in a sustainable way. Shell has established more than 30 wholly-owned or joint venture companies in China, with nearly 7,000 employees, 97% of whom are from China. Shell has established cooperative relations with China's three major energy companies-PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC.
Shell is a global integrated energy company. We explore, produce and refine oil; At the same time, it also develops natural gas resources; Shell Heineken Lubricants and Ferrari have achieved brilliant results in Formula One. More than 46,000 Shell gas stations are spread all over the world; Our power business is growing; Chemical products are constantly diversified; We are also an active pioneer in the field of renewable energy …
Shell's five core businesses have made great progress in China.
Shell's main business in China
Nanhai Petrochemical Project with a total investment of US$ 4.3 billion was established in Guangdong Province (Shell holds 50% of the shares), and an oil retail joint venture company was established in Jiangsu Province. It is necessary to build 500 gas stations. In 2006, Uni-President Petrochemical acquired the Hangzhou Natural Gas Joint Venture Company of Koch Materials China (Hongkong) Co., Ltd. to explore and produce coal gasification projects in the South China Sea.