世界名牌博覽：殼牌

荷蘭皇家殼牌集團(Royal Dutch /Shell Group of Companies)，又譯“蜆殼”，是目前世界第一大石油公司，總部位于荷蘭海牙和英國倫敦，由荷蘭皇家石油與英國的殼牌兩家公司合并組成。它是國際上主要的石油、天然氣和石油化工的生產(chǎn)商，同時也是全球最大的汽車燃油和潤滑油零售商。它亦為液化天然氣行業(yè)的先驅(qū)，并在融資、管理和經(jīng)營方面擁有相當豐富的經(jīng)驗。業(yè)務(wù)遍及全球140個國家，雇員近9萬人，油、氣產(chǎn)量分別占世界總產(chǎn)量的3%和3.5%。作為荷蘭最大的工業(yè)公司，其在2012年《財富》雜志世界500強中名列第1位。

2014年3月19日，國際能源巨頭殼牌的發(fā)言人宣布，已在2014年1月決定退出共同開發(fā)烏克蘭黑海Skifska海上氣田的談判。

Royal Dutch Shell, known worldwide simply as Shell, is an Anglo-Dutch petroleum company. It is one of the six largest oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum companies in the world and was listed as the world's eighth largest company in 2010. Shell was created in 1907 when Holland’s Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Britain’s "Shell" Transport and Trading Company merged. Its distinctive yellow and red shell logo is one of the most recognizable on the planet. The company website says: “We are a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around 101,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories. Our innovative approach ensures we are ready to help tackle the challenges of the new energy future.” Shell produces 2% of the world’s oil and 3% of gas. It has 44,000 service stations worldwide.