Shell Aviation refuelling truck at Dubai Airport (photo)

Downstream

Our Downstream business is made up of a number of different Oil Products and Chemicals business activities, part of an integrated value chain, that collectively turn crude oil into a range of refined products which are moved and marketed around the world for domestic, industrial and transport use. The products we sell include gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, marine fuel, liquefied natural gas (LNG) for transport, lubricants, bitumen and sulphur. In addition, we produce and sell petrochemicals for industrial use worldwide.

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Oil products
Cash engine

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Chemicals
Growth priority

Photo: A Shell aviation refuelling truck at Dubai Airport.

3.1 million

Barrels of oil per day refining capacity

42,712

Branded service stations in 2015

Number 1

Market position globally for retail and lubricants businesses

DHL Truck driver preparing the flex hose with Shell Operator from Shell Bitumen truck at UK PMB plant (photo)

Downstream overview

Two employees in red overalls at Geismar Chemical Plant, Louisiana, USA (photo)

In Focus: Growth priority – Chemicals

Refining and trading (Oil Products)

Marketing (Oil Products)

Chemicals

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