荷兰皇家壳牌石油公司ROYAL DUTCH SHELL (SHEL) 2008年年度报告「NYSE」.pdf

1、DELIVERY&GROWTHREPORTROYaL DuTcH SHELL plc annuaL REPORT anD fORm 20-f fOR THE YEaR EnDED DEcEmbER 31,2008With around 102,000 employees in more than 100 countries and territories,Shell helps to meet the worlds growing demand for energy in economically,environmentally and socially responsible ways.up

2、StreamOur exploration&production business searches for and recovers oil and natural gas around the world.many of these activities are carried out as joint venture partnerships,often with national oil companies.Our Gas&power business liquefies natural gas and transports it to customers across the wor

3、ld.Its gas to liquids(GtL)process turns natural gas into cleaner-burning synthetic fuel and other products.It develops wind power to generate electricity and is involved in solar power technology.It also licenses our coal gasification technology,enabling coal to be used as a chemical feedstock and f

4、or more efficient generation of electricity.dOWnStreamOur Oil Sands business,the athabasca Oil Sands project,extracts bitumen an especially thick,heavy oil from oil sands in alberta,western Canada,and converts it to synthetic crude oils that can be turned into a range of products.Our Oil products bu

5、siness makes,moves and sells a range of petroleum-based products around the world for domestic,industrial and transport use.Its Future Fuels and CO2 business unit develops biofuels and hydrogen and markets the synthetic fuel and products made from the GtL process.It also leads company-wide activitie

6、s in CO2 management.With around 45,000 service stations,ours is the worlds largest single-branded fuel retail network.Our Chemicals business produces petrochemicals for industrial customers.They include the raw materials for plastics,coatings and detergents used in the manufacture of textiles,medica