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2010 in review

FOR SHELL, 2010 WAS A YEAR OF GOOD ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND INCREASED OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. WE DELIVERED MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP SUSTAIN OUR FUTURE GROWTH. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE SAW IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL SPILLS. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ROSE AS PRODUCTION INCREASED ACROSS THE COMPANY. We ACHIEVEd OUR BEST SAFETY RECORD TO DATE AND WE CONTINUED TO HELP BUILD LOCAL ECONOMIES THROUGH OUR HIRING AND BUYING PRACTICES.

PRODUCED 2% 
OF THE WORLD’S OIL...         

...AND 3%
OF THE WORLD’S GAS

$1.0
BILLION SPENT ON R&D

3.3 MILLION
BARRELS OF OIL EQUIVALENT
PRODUCED A DAY...

...OVER 48%
OF WHICH IS NATURAL GAS

SOLD 7.6%
OF THE WORLD’S LNG

$20.5
BILLION INCOME

$23.7 BILLION
NET CAPITAL INVESTMENT

$2.1 BILLION SPENT ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, CCS, AND CO2 R&D IN THE LAST 5 YEARS

EMPLOYED
93,000
PEOPLE

OPERATED IN 90+
COUNTRIES

SOLD FUEL CONTAINING
9.6
BILLION LITRES OF BIOFUEL

SUPPLIED
11,000
TONNES OF BITUMEN PRODUCTS EVERY DAY...

...ENOUGH TO RESURFACE
350
KILOMETRES OF ROAD

$13 BILLION SPENT
WITH LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES