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a

  • acre

    approximately 0.004 square kilometres

  • Act

    UK Companies Act 2006

  • ADS

    American Depositary Share

  • AGM

    Annual General Meeting

  • API

    American Petroleum Institute

  • APM

    Alternative performance measure

  • ARC

    Audit and Risk Committee

b

  • b(/d)

    barrels (per day)

  • bbl

    barrel

  • boe(/d)

    barrels of oil equivalent (per day); natural gas volumes are converted into oil equivalent using a factor of 5,800 scf per barrel

c

  • CCS

    carbon capture and storage

  • CCS earnings

    earnings on a current cost of supplies basis

  • CFFO

    cash flow from operating activities

  • CISO

    Chief Information Security Officer

  • CMD

    Capital Markets Day

  • CMF

    carbon management framework

  • CO2

    carbon dioxide

  • CO2e

    carbon dioxide equivalent

  • COP28

    28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Conferences

  • CRC

    Carbon Reporting Committee

  • CRT

    Commercial Road Transport

  • CSRD

    Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

d

  • DE&I

    Diversity, equity, and inclusion

e

  • EC

    Executive Committee

  • EMTN

    Euro medium-term note

  • EPS

    earnings per share

  • EPSA

    exploration and production sharing agreement

  • EPTB

    Environmental Products Trading Business

  • ETS24

    Energy Transition Strategy 2024

  • EV

    Electric vehicle

f

  • FCF

    free cash flow

  • FID

    final investment decision

g

  • GAAP

    generally accepted accounting principles

  • GHG

    greenhouse gas

  • GJ

    gigajoule

  • GTL

    gas-to-liquids

  • GW

    gigawatt

h

  • HSSE

    health, safety, security and environment'

i

  • IAS

    International Accounting Standards

  • IEA

    International Energy Agency

  • IFRS

    International Financial Reporting Standard(s)

  • IOGP

    International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

  • IPCC

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

  • IPIECA

    International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association

  • IRM

    Information Risk Management

  • ISO

    International Organisation for Standardisation

k

  • kboe(/d)

    thousand barrels of oil equivalent (per day); natural gas volumes are converted into oil equivalent using a factor of 5,800 scf per barrel

  • KPI

    Key performance indicator

  • kWh

    kilowatt-hours

l

  • LGBT+

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

  • LNG

    liquefied natural gas

  • LPG

    liquefied petroleum gas

  • LTIP

    Long-term Incentive Plan

m

  • mb/d

    million barrels per day

  • megajoule

    a unit of energy equal to one million joules

  • MMBtu

    million British thermal units

  • mtpa

    million tonnes per annum

  • MW

    megawatt

  • MWh

    megawatt hours

n

  • NBS

    Nature-Based Solutions

  • NCF

    Net Carbon Footprint

  • NCI

    net carbon intensity

  • NGL

    natural gas liquids

  • NGO

    Non-governmental organisation

  • NM3

    normal cubic metre

  • NOMCO

    Nomination and Succession Committee

  • NZE

    Net zero emissions

o

  • OECD

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

  • OFCF

    organic free cash flow

  • OGCI

    Oil and gas climate initiative

  • OML

    oil mining lease

  • OPEC

    Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

  • OPEC+

    12 members of the OPEC and 11 other non-OPEC members

  • OPL

    oil prospecting licence

p

  • per day

    volumes are converted into a daily basis using a calendar year

  • PSC

    production-sharing contract

  • PSP

    Performance Share Plan

q

  • QRA

    Quarterly Results Announcement

r

  • R&D

    Research and development

  • REMCO

    Remuneration Committee

  • RNG

    Renewable natural gas

  • RT

    real terms

s

  • scf(/d)

    standard cubic feet (per day)

  • SEAM

    Safety, Environment and Asset Management

  • SEC

    US Securities and Exchange Commission

  • SGBP

    Shell General Business Principles

  • SIAI

    Shell Internal Audit and Investigations

  • SP

    social performance

  • SUSCO

    Sustainability Committee

t

  • TCFD

    Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

  • TRCF

    total recordable case frequency

  • TSR

    total shareholder return

  • TWh

    terawatt hours

w

  • WACC

    weighted average cost of capital

  • WTI

    West Texas Intermediate