Downstream

-1 Downstream Shell Investors’ Handbook 2014-2018

Our Downstream business is made up of a number of different Oil Products and Chemicals activities, part of an integrated value chain, that trades and refines crude oil and other feedstocks into a range of 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, biofuel, lubricants, bitumen and sulphur. In addition, we produce and sell petrochemicals for industrial use worldwide.

Cash flow from operations

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$13.9 billion

Availability

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92%

weighted average for refineries and chemical plants

Retail sites

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44,000

Shell-branded retail sites, serving more than 30 million customers daily

Barrels of crude traded

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8 million

Refineries

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21 in operation

delivering 2.8 million of refined products per day

Global lubricant supplier

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#1
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volumes are converted into a daily basis using a calendar year
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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
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per day
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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
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Inside Downstream

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