Shell's revenue by region 2010-2022

In 2022, Shell generated some 135.97 billion U.S. dollars of revenue in Europe. The company generated most of its revenue in this region, with totals having notably increased in the previous two years. Shell is one of the top five oil and gas companies worldwide, operating in every segment of the oil and gas industry.

Oil supermajors

Shell is not only one of the largest oil and gas companies but was also among the largest companies by revenue in the world in the fiscal year ended 2022. Shell edged out ahead of other major publicly traded player within its industry, BP. Five companies out of the global top 10 were from the oil and gas sector.

Shell's history

Shell was founded through the merger of two rival companies from the Netherlands and from the United Kingdom. The main aim of this fusion was to compete with John D. Rockefellers’s Standard Oil Company. Today, Shell is a multinational corporation, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. The company is involved in every segment of the oil and gas industry – from exploration and production to trading and power generation. As of 2022, Shell's number of employees amounted to roughly 93,000.