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In 1979, Shell purchased Belridge Oil Company for $3.65 billion, which at the time was called the "biggest cash takeover in American history" by US government sources. {{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/09/30/shell-to-purchase-calif-oil-land-for-365-billion/2dda0dcd-78b7-4288-92a8-81b183837cda/|title=Shell to Purchase Calif. Oil Land For $3.65 Billion|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 29, 1979|access-date=February 22, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818133845/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/09/30/shell-to-purchase-calif-oil-land-for-365-billion/2dda0dcd-78b7-4288-92a8-81b183837cda/|archive-date=August 18, 2020|df=mdy-all}}

In 1997, Shell and Texaco entered into two refining/marketing joint ventures. One combined their Midwestern and Western operations and was known as Equilon. The other, known as Motiva Enterprises, combined the Eastern and Gulf Coast operations of Shell Oil and Star Enterprise, itself a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Texaco.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/finance/mergers/stindex.html|title=Aspects of the Refining/Marketing Joint Ventures of Shell Oil, Star Enterprises, and Texaco|publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration|date=July 23, 2001|access-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615132522/http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/finance/mergers/stindex.html|archive-date=June 15, 2010|df=mdy-all}}

After Texaco merged with Chevron in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures.{{Cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/02/04/daily41.html| title=Shell to brand new U.S. gas stations| date=February 8, 2002| work=Houston Business Journal| publisher=bizjournals.com}} In 2002, Shell began converting these Texaco stations to the Shell brand, a process that was to be completed by June 2004 and was called "the largest retail re-branding initiative in American business history".{{Cite news| title=Trust Your Car to the Man who Wears the... Shell| url=http://driving.myfoxcharlotte.com/news_this_week/2002-05-08-1912-driving/index.html| publisher=WCCB-TV| date=May 8, 2002| access-date=February 27, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224120733/http://driving.myfoxcharlotte.com/news_this_week/2002-05-08-1912-driving/index.html| archive-date=February 24, 2012| df=mdy-all}}

In recent years, The Shell Oil Company's Midstream, and Downstream, in particular, have become limited to petroleum, and chemical products. This has come as a result of Royal Dutch Shell breaking off its Natural Gas and power businesses into a new segment named Integrated Gas. The Shell Oil Company's former Natural Gas, and energy divisions are now Shell Energy North America, a closely integrated, but a distinctive entity that runs across North America and is headquartered out of Houston, Texas.{{cite web|title=Annual Report and Form 20-F 2016|url=http://reports.shell.com/annual-report/2016/|publisher=Shell|access-date=29 April 2017}}

Shell is the market leader through approximately 14,000 Shell-branded fuel stations in the U.S. which also serve as Shell's most visible public presence, and comes closest to serving all 50 states, lacking a presence only in Montana.{{Cite web| title=Shell gas station locations in the USA | url=https://www.scrapehero.com/store/wp-content/uploads/maps/Shell_USA.png | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119173239/https://www.scrapehero.com/store/wp-content/uploads/maps/Shell_USA.png | archive-date=2021-11-19}} At its gas stations, Shell provides diesel fuel, fuel and LPG. Shell Oil Company was a 50/50 partner with the Saudi Arabian government-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in Motiva Enterprises, a refining and marketing joint venture which owns and operates three oil refineries on the Gulf Coast of the United States. However, Shell is currently divesting its interest in Motiva.{{cite news|title=Shell expects to split Motiva assets with Saudi Aramco in the second-quarter|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-refineries-motiva-split-idUSKBN16E15B|website=Reuters|date=March 7, 2017|access-date=29 April 2017}}

Shell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products.{{cite web| title=Products and Services| url=http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/products_services/| publisher=Shell Oil Company| access-date=February 27, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724201650/http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/products_services/| archive-date=July 24, 2011| df=mdy-all}} The Shell Martinez Refinery in Martinez, California, the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and Texaco stations in the West and Midwest{{cite web| title=About Shell Martinez Refinery|url=http://www.shell.us/about-us/projects-and-locations/martinez-refinery/about-shell-martinez-refinery.html| publisher=Shell Oil Company|access-date=August 27, 2016}} until its sale to PBF Energy in 2020. {{Cite web |title=PBF Energy Completes Acquisition of Martinez Refinery, Creates West Coast System |url=https://investors.pbfenergy.com/news/2020/02-01-2020-124343887 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=investors.pbfenergy.com |language=en}}

Shell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the V-Power line.{{Cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D81038F931A25757C0A966958260&sec=&spon= |work=The New York Times| title=Shell Offers a New Gasoline In 10 Cities to Aid Air Quality| first=John| last=Holusha| date=April 12, 1990| access-date=May 23, 2010}}

In 2023 Shell USA (North American division of Shell plc) became the Official Fuel of the NTT IndyCar Series they will supply 100% Ethanol-sourced fuel. They are also the Official Fuel of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2018/11/27/indycar-ims-land-speedway-official-fuel-partner/2126088002/|title=IndyCar, IMS land Speedway as official fuel partner|first=Jim|last=Ayello|website=The Indianapolis Star}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/indy-500/2022/05/26/indycar-series-switching-shell-fuel-speedway/9931129002/#:~:text=There+will+be+new+fuel,IndyCar's+oil+and+lubricants+supplier/|title=IndyCar Series switching to Shell fuel from Speedway|first=IndyStar|last=Sports|website=The Indianapolis Star}}

In 2023, the first deliveries of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Shell Trading (US) Company (Shell) from Montana Renewables took place. The companies have entered into a multi-year agreement, with the fuel received being distributed by Shell and subsidiaries across the country to accelerate decarbonization.{{Cite press release|lang=en|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/montana-renewables-begins-sustainable-aviation-fuel-deliveries-to-shell-301820679.html|title=Montana Renewables Begins Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Shell|website=PRN|access-date=2024-02-07|archive-date=2024-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203195626/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/montana-renewables-begins-sustainable-aviation-fuel-deliveries-to-shell-301820679.html}}

Shell is preparing to sell its onshore business in Nigeria's Niger Delta for $2.4 billion (€2.2 billion) to a consortium of companies in 2024. The acquiring consortium is Renaissance, which includes ND Western, Aradel Energy, First E&P, Waltersmith and Petrolin. The assets include 15 onshore leases and three shallow water fields. The deal needs to be approved by the national government before it can be finalized.{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/17/shell-to-sell-big-piece-of-nigeria-oil-business-but-activists-want-pollution-cleaned-up|title=Shell to sell big piece of Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up|website=Euronews.Business|date=January 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-07|archive-date=2024-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124205936/https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/17/shell-to-sell-big-piece-of-nigeria-oil-business-but-activists-want-pollution-cleaned-up}}

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Until the mid-1980s, Shell's business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in The Hague, Netherlands, and having its stock "Shell Oil" traded on the New York Stock Exchange were factors. However, in 1984, Royal Dutch Shell made a bid to purchase those shares of Shell Oil Company it did not own (around 30%) and despite some opposition from some minority shareholders which led to a court case, Shell completed the buyout for a sum of $5.7 billion.{{cite news| author=Thomas C. Hayes| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/13/business/shell-oil-shareholders-awarded-110-million.html| title=Shell Oil Shareholders Awarded $110 Million| newspaper=The New York Times| date=December 13, 1990| access-date=February 27, 2012}}

Despite the acquisition, however, Shell Oil remained a fairly independent business. This was due in part to complex legal reasons, as Royal Dutch Shell feared that there could be onerous liability problems if closer control of Shell Oil's affairs was exercised by the "parent company". One consequence of this independence was that the Shell logo used in the U.S. was slightly different from that used in the rest of the world. In the 1980s, Shell Oil's independence began to gradually erode as the "parent company" took a more hands-on approach to running the business. The logo used in the United States is the same as that used elsewhere since June 1, 1998.{{cite book| author=Tyler Priest| title=The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America| publisher=Texas A&M University Press| year=2007| page=272| isbn=978-1-58544-568-4}}

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In January 2018, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by CEO Matt Kisber. The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to U.S. customers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/manufacturing/energy/article/20988737/shell-takes-big-stake-in-silicon-ranch|title=Shell takes big stake in Silicon Ranch|website=Nashville Post|date=January 15, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-29}} The company paid up to an estimated $217 million to take over from former minority shareholders Partners Group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2018/01/15/phil-bredesen-silicon-ranch-solar-shell-investment-up-217-m/1033391001/|title=Bredesen's Silicon Ranch solar company gains Shell investment of up to $217M|website=The Tennessean|language=en|access-date=2019-04-29}}

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In October 2018, the company installed a 285-foot-high quench tower at the Shell Chemical Appalachia L.L.C. Pittsburgh plant, which transfers heat absorbed by the water circulation process to use across other areas of the site.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/10/08/first-look-shell-raises-tallest-structure-beaver.html|title=First Look: Shell raises tallest structure at Beaver County plant|last=Gough|first=Paul|date=8 October 2018|website=Biz Journals}}

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• Shell Development Emeryville – Research facility that operated from 1928 to 1966 in California.
• Pennzoil
• Quaker State
• Jiffy Lube
• Deer Park Refinery – In 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to Pemex.{{cite web |url=https://www.shell.com/media/news-and-media-releases/2022/shell-completes-sale-of-interest-in-deer-park-refinery-to-partner-pemex.html |title=Shell completes sale of interest in Deer Park refinery to partner Pemex |date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |website=www.shell.com |language=en}}
• Limejump
• Greenlots – Charging stations and systems provider for others like Electrify America{{cite news |title=Interview: Shell Greenlots COO Tannaz Banisadre talks Plug and Charge, bringing 500,000 charging stations online |work=Electrek |date=22 October 2021 |url=https://electrek.co/2021/10/22/shell-greenlots-tannaz-banisadre/ |first1=Seth |last1=Weintraub |access-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211022200220/https://electrek.co/2021/10/22/shell-greenlots-tannaz-banisadre/ |archive-date=22 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Amilcar Petroleum Operations (APO) – Joint venture with the state-owned petroleum company in Tunisia Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières created on July 1, 2014.
• Specialty Oil Company – Walmart Super Tech Brand

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Shell Puget Sound Refinery, Anacortes, Washington, was fined $291,000 from 2006 to 2010 for violations of the Clean Air Act making it the second most-fined violator in the Pacific Northwest. {{Asof|2011}}, it has been listed as a "high-priority violator" since 2008.{{cite news| author=Robert McClure and Lisa Stiffler| title=EPA's 'High Priority Violators' Scattered Across the Northwest | publisher=NPR| date=November 7, 2011| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=142092185&ft=3&f=142092185|access-date=February 27, 2012}}{{cite news| last=Hsu| first=Nelson| title=Poisoned Places Map| publisher=NPR| url=https://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2011/10/toxic-air/#12.00/48.4652/-122.5435| access-date=February 27, 2012}}

In 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Shell Oil Company for alleged Clean Air Act violation. Shell Deer Park Refinery 20 miles east of Houston, was the nation's eighth-largest oil refinery and one of the world's largest petrochemical producers. The facility was also the second-largest source of air pollution in Harris County, which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality.{{cite web| last=Donovan|first=John|title=Reporter|url=http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2011/09/06/shell-to-pay-500000-for-pollution-in-texas/|work=ABC News|date=September 6, 2011|publisher=Royal Dutch Shell|access-date=September 6, 2011}} According to Sierra Club and Environment Texas, analysis of Shell's reports to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, air pollutants released at Deer Park since 2003 exceeded the EPA's emissions limits.{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-refinery-environment-shell-deerpark-idUSTRE53M60H20090423 | title=Shell agrees to settle TX refinery pollution suit | date=April 23, 2009

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Will Oremus from Slate magazine states, "The company's business depends on being able to anticipate and respond quickly to seismic shifts in the energy market. So it employs a team of big-thinking futurists, called scenario planners, to keep it a step ahead. In 2008, the company released a fresh pair of scenarios for how the world might respond to climate change over the coming decades. Both were predicated on what the company called 'three hard truths': that global energy demand is rising, that the supply of conventional energy will not be able to keep up, and that climate change is both real and dangerous."{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwynne/2014/06/26/the-public-relations-debate-about-global-warming-heats-up/|title=The Public Relations Debate About Global Warming Heats Up|first=Robert|last=Wynne|website=Forbes}}

Between 1978 and 1995, Shell Oil produced polybutylene pipes, which corrode when exposed to chlorine. A class action lawsuit was filed in 1995 against Shell Oil when the polybutylene pipes caused flooding in many households in the U.S. and Canada.{{cite press release| title=$20 million Settlement Announced in Class Action with Shell| date=June 11, 2004| url=http://www.classaction.ca/CMSFiles/PDF/Product/PolyPipe/Shell_PBP_PR_Release.pdf| publisher=Siskinds Law Firm| access-date=February 27, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042337/http://www.classaction.ca/CMSFiles/PDF/Product/PolyPipe/Shell_PBP_PR_Release.pdf| archive-date=July 15, 2014| df=mdy-all}} The settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009.{{Cite news| title=Shell, Hoechst Agree to Pay $850 Million| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-04-fi-53241-story.html| date=October 4, 2005| work=Los Angeles Times| access-date=February 27, 2012}}

About 6,000 Shell workers and contractors were instructed to attend a Donald Trump speech held on August 13, 2019, or take the day off without pay, losing about $700 from overtime and per diem. During his address, Trump called out specific union leaders to declare their voting loyalty. Many of the union leaders present were not consulted before the event, and memos sent to contractor management forbade any protest.{{Cite news| title=Shell Workers Had To Attend Trump Speech To Be Paid, Were Ordered Not To Protest: Report|url=https://news.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-shell-workers-only-paid-if-attended-trump-speech-044953729.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_04| date=August 17, 2019|author=Mary Papenfuss

|work=HuffPost |access-date=October 13, 2020}}{{Cite news| title=Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2019/08/16/Trump-speech-union-crowd-Shell-ethane-plant-natural-gas-beaver-county-pennsylvania-attendance-pay-overtime/stories/201908160113| date=August 16, 2019|author=Anya Litvak

|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=October 13, 2020}} Federal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution.{{cite web|url=https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/who-can-and-cant-contribute/| access-date=August 18, 2019|title=Who can and can't contribute}}

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2. William H. Allen, 1922–
3. Henri W. A. Deterding, 1922–
4. Jan Carel van Panthaleon van Eck, 1924–1933
5. R. G. A. van der Woude, 1933–1947
6. Alexander Fraser, 1947–1949
7. H. S. M. Burns, 1949–1961
8. Monroe Edward Spaght, 1961–1966
9. Richard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971
10. Denis B. Kemball-Cook, 1971–1976
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2. Frederick Godber, 1937–1946
3. Sir George Legh-Jones, 1946–1951
4. Sir Francis Hopwood, 1951–1958
5. John Hugo Loudon, 1958–1965
6. David H. Barran, 1971–1972
7. G. A. Wagner, 1972–1977
8. Dirk De Bruyne, 1977–1985
9. Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem, 1985–

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