Stock Report: Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Cl A (RDS.A) Report Updated: May 13, 2013 | Print This Page

Royal Dutch Shell Plc engages in oil and natural gas production. The company operates in the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment explores for, and extracts crude oil and natural gas, develops fields, produces oil and gas, mines oil sands, extracts bitumen, liquifies gas by cooling (LNG), regasifies LNG, converts gas to liquid products, and generates wind energy. The Downstream segment includes oil refining into fuels and lubricants, petrochemical production, bio-fuel development, trading, rental sales, the management of carbon dioxide emissions, business-to-business sales, and alternative energies businesses. The Corporate segment covers the non-operating activities supporting Shell, which includes Shell's holdings and treasury organization, its headquarters and central functions, and insurance companies. The company was founded in February 1907 and is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.