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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa019)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA","crawl_time":1773987689,"first_indexed_time":1657832547,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Shell_USA s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Shell USA - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nThis article is about the U.S. division. For the parent company, see\nShell plc\n. For the Canadian oil company of the same trademark, see\nShell Canada\n.\nShell USA, Inc.\nOne Shell Plaza\n, Shell USA's former\nheadquarters\nin\nHouston\n, Texas.\n[\n1\n]\nFormerly\nShell Oil Company, Inc.\nCompany type\nSubsidiary\nIndustry\nPetroleum\nFounded\n1912\n; 114 years ago\nU.S.\nHeadquarters\nHouston\n, Texas\n,\nUnited States\nKey people\nColette Hirstius (\npresident\n)\nProducts\nFuel\n,\nmotor oil\nRevenue\nUS$\n37.376 billion (2013\/2016)\n[\n2\n]\nNumber of employees\n12,100+ (2021)\n[\n3\n]\nParent\nShell plc\nWebsite\nshell.us\nShell USA, Inc.\n(formerly\nShell Oil Company, Inc.\n)  is the\nUnited States\n–based wholly owned\nsubsidiary\nof\nShell plc\n, a\nBritish\ntransnational corporation \"\noil major\n\" which is among the largest\noil companies\nin the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in\nHouston\n, Texas. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural\ngas\nproducers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and\npetrochemical\nmanufacturers.\nRoyal Dutch-Shell began operations in the United States in the 1910s. Early acquisitions included\nWilliam Miller Graham\n's California Oilfields Limited in 1913.\n[\n4\n]\nThe present company formed when two Royal Dutch-Shell subsidiaries, Shell Oil Company of California and Oklahoma's Roxana Petroleum, merged with the\nUnion Oil Company\nof Delaware.\n[\n5\n]\nShell drilled the\nAlamitos oil well\nin\nSignal Hill, California\nin 1921.\nIn 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.\n[\n6\n]\nShell also invested in\noffshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico\n.\nIn 1997, Shell and\nTexaco\nentered into two refining\/marketing joint ventures. One combined their Midwestern and Western operations and was known as Equilon. The other, known as\nMotiva Enterprises\n, combined the Eastern and Gulf Coast operations of Shell Oil and Star Enterprise, itself a joint venture between\nSaudi Aramco\nand Texaco.\n[\n7\n]\nAfter Texaco merged with\nChevron\nin 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures.\n[\n8\n]\nIn 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\".\n[\n9\n]\nIn 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\nRoyal Dutch Shell\nbreaking off its\nNatural Gas\nand power businesses into a new segment named Integrated Gas. The Shell Oil Company's former Natural Gas, and energy divisions are now\nShell Energy North America\n, a closely integrated, but a distinctive entity that runs across North America and is headquartered out of\nHouston\n, Texas.\n[\n10\n]\nIn June 2025, news broke of Shell seeking to acquire competitor BP in what would be the largest oil deal in decades.\n[\n11\n]\nOn August 6, 2025, it was announced that Shell would be ceasing the operations of\nVolta Charging\n(originally acquired and merged its operations with its Recharge Network in 2023) by November and would be shuttering its 2,000\ncharging stations\nand laying off 190 employees. A selection of those employed at Volta are eligible to reapply at positions through Shell.\n[\n12\n]\nShell 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\nMontana\n.\n[\n13\n]\nAt its gas stations, Shell provides\ndiesel fuel\n,\nfuel\nand\nLPG\n. Shell Oil Company was a 50\/50 partner with the\nSaudi Arabian government\n-owned oil company\nSaudi Aramco\nin\nMotiva Enterprises\n, a refining and marketing joint venture which owns and operates three oil refineries on the\nGulf Coast of the United States\n. However, Shell is currently divesting its interest in Motiva.\n[\n14\n]\nShell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products.\n[\n15\n]\nThe Shell\nMartinez Refinery\nin\nMartinez, California\n, the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and\nTexaco\nstations in the West and Midwest\n[\n16\n]\nuntil its sale to\nPBF Energy\nin 2020.\n[\n17\n]\nShell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the\nV-Power\nline.\n[\n18\n]\nIn 2023 Shell USA (North American division of\nShell plc\n) became the\nOfficial Fuel of the NTT\nIndyCar Series\nthey will supply 100%\nEthanol\n-sourced fuel. They are also the\nOfficial Fuel of the\nIndianapolis Motor Speedway\n.\n[\n19\n]\n[\n20\n]\nIn 2023, the first deliveries of\nsustainable aviation fuel\n(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\ndecarbonization\n.\n[\n21\n]\nRelationship with Shell plc\n[\nedit\n]\nThe Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 16th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the\nNational Register of Historic Places\n. Reference #85002073\nUntil the mid-1980s, Shell's business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in\nThe Hague\n,\nNetherlands\n, and having its stock \"Shell Oil\" traded on the\nNew York Stock Exchange\nwere 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.\n[\n22\n]\nDespite 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\nliability\nproblems 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.\n[\n23\n]\nA Shell\ngas station\nnear\nLost Hills, California\n.\nA\nShell\nstation in\nColumbus, Ohio\nin 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a\nconvenience store\n.\nIn January 2018, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by\nCEO Matt Kisber\n. The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to U.S. customers.\n[\n24\n]\nThe company paid up to an estimated $217 million to take over from former minority shareholders\nPartners Group\n.\n[\n25\n]\nThe Shell Martinez Refinery, which operated in\nMartinez, California\n, for over 100 years before being sold to\nPBF Energy\nin 2020.\nIn 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.\n[\n26\n]\nShell Development Emeryville\n– Research facility that operated from 1928 to 1966 in California.\nPennzoil\nQuaker State\nJiffy Lube\nDeer Park Refinery\n– In 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to\nPemex\n.\n[\n27\n]\nLimejump\nGreenlots –\nCharging stations\nand\nsystems provider\nfor others like\nElectrify America\n[\n28\n]\nAmilcar Petroleum Operations (APO) – Joint venture with the state-owned petroleum company in Tunisia\nEntreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières\ncreated on July 1, 2014.\nSpecialty Oil Company –\nWalmart\nSuper Tech Brand\nStorage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery,\nAnacortes, Washington\n.\nShell Puget Sound Refinery,\nAnacortes, Washington\n, was fined $291,000 from 2006 to 2010 for violations of the\nClean Air Act\nmaking it the second most-fined violator in the\nPacific Northwest\n. As of 2011\n, it has been listed as a \"high-priority violator\" since 2008.\n[\n29\n]\n[\n30\n]\nIn 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Shell Oil Company for alleged Clean Air Act violation. Shell\nDeer Park Refinery\n20 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\nHarris County\n, which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality.\n[\n31\n]\nAccording to\nSierra Club\nand Environment Texas, analysis of Shell's reports to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, air pollutants released at Deer Park since 2003 exceeded the\nEPA's\nemissions limits.\n[\n32\n]\nWill 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.\"\n[\n33\n]\nPolybutylene lawsuit\n[\nedit\n]\nBetween 1978 and 1995, Shell Oil produced\npolybutylene\npipes, which corrode when exposed to chlorine. A\nclass action\nlawsuit was filed in 1995 against Shell Oil when the polybutylene pipes caused flooding in many households in the U.S. and Canada.\n[\n34\n]\nThe settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009.\n[\n35\n]\nCampaign violations\n[\nedit\n]\nAbout 6,000 Shell workers and contractors were instructed to attend a\nDonald Trump\nspeech 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.\n[\n36\n]\n[\n37\n]\nFederal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution.\n[\n38\n]\nAvery D. Andrews\n, 1922–\nWilliam H. Allen, 1922–\nHenri W. A. Deterding\n, 1922–\nJan Carel van Panthaleon van Eck, 1924–1933\nR. G. A. van der Woude, 1933–1947\nAlexander Fraser, 1947–1949\nH. S. M. Burns, 1949–1961\nMonroe Edward Spaght\n, 1961–1966\nRichard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971\nDenis B. Kemball-Cook, 1971–1976\nJohn Frank Bookout Jr.\n, 1976–\nChairman of the Board\n[\nedit\n]\nHenri W. A. Deterding\n, 1924–1937\nFrederick Godber\n, 1937–1946\nSir George Legh-Jones, 1946–1951\nSir Francis Hopwood, 1951–1958\nJohn Hugo Loudon\n, 1958–1965\nDavid H. Barran\n, 1971–1972\nG. A. Wagner, 1972–1977\nDirk De Bruyne, 1977–1985\nLodewijk Christiaan van Wachem\n, 1985–\nPennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant\nPetroleum geology\nFred Meissner\n, Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Explorationist, Professor Colorado School of Mines\nM. King Hubbert\n, Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Geologist, created the\nHubbert peak theory\nmodel of\noil depletion\nGeophysics\nList of automotive fuel brands\n^\nSarnoff, By Nancy (September 20, 2016).\n\"Namesake tenant departing One Shell Plaza\"\n.\nHouston Chronicle\n. Retrieved\nApril 29,\n2017\n.\n^\n\"Revenue and Financial Reports\"\n.\nwww.vault.com\n.\n^\n\"2022 Fact Sheet Shell in The United States\"\n(PDF)\n.\nwww.shell.us\n.\n^\nhttps:\/\/calisphere.org\/item\/ark:\/13030\/kt4489q335\/\n^\nhttps:\/\/docs.bakersfieldcity.us\/WebLink\/DocView.aspx?id=360738&dbid=0&repo=CITYRECORDS\n^\n\"Shell to Purchase Calif. Oil Land For $3.65 Billion\"\n.\nThe Washington Post\n. September 29, 1979.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 22,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Aspects of the Refining\/Marketing Joint Ventures of Shell Oil, Star Enterprises, and Texaco\"\n.\nU.S. Energy Information Administration\n. July 23, 2001. Archived from\nthe original\non June 15, 2010\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\n\"Shell to brand new U.S. gas stations\"\n.\nHouston Business Journal\n. bizjournals.com. February 8, 2002.\n^\n\"Trust Your Car to the Man who Wears the... Shell\"\n.\nWCCB\n-TV. May 8, 2002. Archived from\nthe original\non February 24, 2012\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\n\"Annual Report and Form 20-F 2016\"\n. Shell\n. Retrieved\nApril 29,\n2017\n.\n^\nStrasburg, Ben Dummett, Lauren Thomas and Jenny.\n\"Exclusive | Shell in Early Talks to Acquire Rival BP\"\n.\nWSJ\n. Retrieved\nJune 25,\n2025\n.\n{{\ncite web\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (\nlink\n)\n^\nHercher, James (August 6, 2025).\n\"Shell Shutters Its Volta EV Charging And Media Division\"\n.\nAdExchanger\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 20,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Shell gas station locations in the USA\"\n. Archived from\nthe original\non November 19, 2021.\n^\n\"Shell expects to split Motiva assets with Saudi Aramco in the second-quarter\"\n.\nReuters\n. March 7, 2017\n. Retrieved\nApril 29,\n2017\n.\n^\n\"Products and Services\"\n. Shell Oil Company. Archived from\nthe original\non July 24, 2011\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\n\"About Shell Martinez Refinery\"\n. Shell Oil Company\n. Retrieved\nAugust 27,\n2016\n.\n^\n\"PBF Energy Completes Acquisition of Martinez Refinery, Creates West Coast System\"\n.\ninvestors.pbfenergy.com\n. Retrieved\nApril 11,\n2023\n.\n^\nHolusha, John (April 12, 1990).\n\"Shell Offers a New Gasoline In 10 Cities to Aid Air Quality\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. Retrieved\nMay 23,\n2010\n.\n^\nAyello, Jim.\n\"IndyCar, IMS land Speedway as official fuel partner\"\n.\nThe Indianapolis Star\n.\n^\nSports, IndyStar.\n\"IndyCar Series switching to Shell fuel from Speedway\"\n.\nThe Indianapolis Star\n.\n^\n\"Montana Renewables Begins Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Shell\"\n.\nPRN\n(Press release). Archived from\nthe original\non February 3, 2024\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 7,\n2024\n.\n^\nThomas C. Hayes (December 13, 1990).\n\"Shell Oil Shareholders Awarded $110 Million\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\nTyler Priest (2007).\nThe Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America\n. Texas A&M University Press. p. 272.\nISBN\n \n978-1-58544-568-4\n.\n^\n\"Shell takes big stake in Silicon Ranch\"\n.\nNashville Post\n. January 15, 2018\n. Retrieved\nApril 29,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Bredesen's Silicon Ranch solar company gains Shell investment of up to $217M\"\n.\nThe Tennessean\n. Retrieved\nApril 29,\n2019\n.\n^\nGough, Paul (October 8, 2018).\n\"First Look: Shell raises tallest structure at Beaver County plant\"\n.\nBiz Journals\n.\n^\n\"Shell completes sale of interest in Deer Park refinery to partner Pemex\"\n.\nwww.shell.com\n. January 20, 2022\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 28,\n2022\n.\n^\nWeintraub, Seth (October 22, 2021).\n\"Interview: Shell Greenlots COO Tannaz Banisadre talks Plug and Charge, bringing 500,000 charging stations online\"\n.\nElectrek\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 22, 2021\n. Retrieved\nOctober 22,\n2021\n.\n^\nRobert McClure and Lisa Stiffler (November 7, 2011).\n\"EPA's 'High Priority Violators' Scattered Across the Northwest\"\n.\nNPR\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\nHsu, Nelson.\n\"Poisoned Places Map\"\n.\nNPR\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\nDonovan, John (September 6, 2011).\n\"Reporter\"\n.\nABC News\n. Royal Dutch Shell\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 6,\n2011\n.\n^\nSeba, Erwin (April 23, 2009).\n\"Shell agrees to settle TX refinery pollution suit\"\n.\nReuters\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\nWynne, Robert.\n\"The Public Relations Debate About Global Warming Heats Up\"\n.\nForbes\n.\n^\n\"$20 million Settlement Announced in Class Action with Shell\"\n(PDF)\n(Press release). Siskinds Law Firm. June 11, 2004. Archived from\nthe original\n(PDF)\non July 15, 2014\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\n\"Shell, Hoechst Agree to Pay $850 Million\"\n.\nLos Angeles Times\n. October 4, 2005\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 27,\n2012\n.\n^\nMary Papenfuss (August 17, 2019).\n\"Shell Workers Had To Attend Trump Speech To Be Paid, Were Ordered Not To Protest: Report\"\n.\nHuffPost\n. Retrieved\nOctober 13,\n2020\n.\n^\nAnya Litvak (August 16, 2019).\n\"Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid\"\n.\nPittsburgh Post-Gazette\n. Retrieved\nOctober 13,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Who can and can't contribute\"\n. 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For the parent company, see [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\"). For the Canadian oil company of the same trademark, see [Shell Canada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Canada \"Shell Canada\").\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/e\/e8\/Shell_logo.svg\/250px-Shell_logo.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Shell_logo.svg) |   |\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/96\/One_Shell_Plaza.jpg\/250px-One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)[One Shell Plaza](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_Shell_Plaza \"One Shell Plaza\"), Shell USA's former [headquarters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Headquarters \"Headquarters\") in [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-1) |   |\n| Formerly | Shell Oil Company, Inc. |\n| Company type | [Subsidiary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subsidiary \"Subsidiary\") |\n| Industry | [Petroleum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum_industry \"Petroleum industry\") |\n| Founded | 1912; 114 years ago (1912) U.S. |\n| Headquarters | [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas, United States |\n| Key people | Colette Hirstius ([president](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_\$corporate_title\$ \"President (corporate title)\")) |\n| Products | [Fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuel \"Fuel\"), [motor oil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motor_oil \"Motor oil\") |\n| Revenue | ![Decrease](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/20px-Decrease2.svg.png) [US\\$](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US$ \"US$\") 37.376 billion (2013\/2016)[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-2) |\n| Number of employees | 12,100+ (2021)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-3) |\n| [Parent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parent_company \"Parent company\") | [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\") |\n| Website | [shell.us](https:\/\/www.shell.us\/) |\n\n**Shell USA, Inc.** (formerly **Shell Oil Company, Inc.**) is the [United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States \"United States\")–based wholly owned [subsidiary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subsidiary \"Subsidiary\") of [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\"), a [British](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom \"United Kingdom\") transnational corporation \"[oil major](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_major \"Oil major\")\" which is among the largest [oil companies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_company \"Oil company\") in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural [gas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flatulence \"Flatulence\") producers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and [petrochemical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrochemical \"Petrochemical\") manufacturers.\n\n## History\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: History\")\\]\n\nRoyal Dutch-Shell began operations in the United States in the 1910s. Early acquisitions included [William Miller Graham](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Miller_Graham \"William Miller Graham\")'s California Oilfields Limited in 1913.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-4) The present company formed when two Royal Dutch-Shell subsidiaries, Shell Oil Company of California and Oklahoma's Roxana Petroleum, merged with the [Union Oil Company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unocal_Corporation \"Unocal Corporation\") of Delaware.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-5)\n\nShell drilled the [Alamitos oil well](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alamitos_oil_well \"Alamitos oil well\") in [Signal Hill, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Signal_Hill,_California \"Signal Hill, California\") in 1921.\n\nIn 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.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-6) Shell also invested in [offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico_\$United_States\$ \"Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)\").\n\nIn 1997, Shell and [Texaco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texaco \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motiva_Enterprises \"Motiva Enterprises\"), combined the Eastern and Gulf Coast operations of Shell Oil and Star Enterprise, itself a joint venture between [Saudi Aramco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Aramco \"Saudi Aramco\") and Texaco.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-7)\n\nAfter Texaco merged with [Chevron](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chevron_Corporation \"Chevron Corporation\") in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-houston-8) 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\".[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-9)\n\nIn 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Dutch_Shell \"Royal Dutch Shell\") breaking off its [Natural Gas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natural_Gas \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Energy_North_America \"Shell Energy North America\"), a closely integrated, but a distinctive entity that runs across North America and is headquartered out of [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-10)\n\nIn June 2025, news broke of Shell seeking to acquire competitor BP in what would be the largest oil deal in decades.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-11)\n\nOn August 6, 2025, it was announced that Shell would be ceasing the operations of [Volta Charging](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volta_Charging \"Volta Charging\") (originally acquired and merged its operations with its Recharge Network in 2023) by November and would be shuttering its 2,000 [charging stations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charging_stations \"Charging stations\") and laying off 190 employees. A selection of those employed at Volta are eligible to reapply at positions through Shell.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-12)\n\n## Activities\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Activities\")\\]\n\nShell 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montana \"Montana\").[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-13) At its gas stations, Shell provides [diesel fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diesel_fuel \"Diesel fuel\"), [fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gasoline \"Gasoline\") and [LPG](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liquefied_petroleum_gas \"Liquefied petroleum gas\"). Shell Oil Company was a 50\/50 partner with the [Saudi Arabian government](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabian_government \"Saudi Arabian government\")\\-owned oil company [Saudi Aramco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Aramco \"Saudi Aramco\") in [Motiva Enterprises](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motiva_Enterprises \"Motiva Enterprises\"), a refining and marketing joint venture which owns and operates three oil refineries on the [Gulf Coast of the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States \"Gulf Coast of the United States\"). However, Shell is currently divesting its interest in Motiva.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-14)\n\nShell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-products-15) The Shell [Martinez Refinery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinez_Refinery \"Martinez Refinery\") in [Martinez, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinez,_California \"Martinez, California\"), the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and [Texaco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texaco \"Texaco\") stations in the West and Midwest[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-martinez-16) until its sale to [PBF Energy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBF_Energy \"PBF Energy\") in 2020.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-17)\n\nShell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the [V-Power](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-Power \"V-Power\") line.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-holusha-18)\n\nIn 2023 Shell USA (North American division of [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\")) became the *Official Fuel of the NTT [IndyCar Series](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IndyCar_Series \"IndyCar Series\")* they will supply 100% [Ethanol](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethanol_fuel \"Ethanol fuel\")\\-sourced fuel. They are also the *Official Fuel of the [Indianapolis Motor Speedway](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway \"Indianapolis Motor Speedway\")*.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-20)\n\nIn 2023, the first deliveries of [sustainable aviation fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aviation_biofuel#Sustainable_aviation_fuels \"Aviation biofuel\") (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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Climate_change_mitigation \"Climate change mitigation\").[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-21)\n\n## Relationship with Shell plc\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Relationship with Shell plc\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8b\/Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG\/250px-Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG)\n\nThe Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 16th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the [National Register of Historic Places](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Register_of_Historic_Places \"National Register of Historic Places\"). Reference \\#85002073\n\nUntil the mid-1980s, Shell's business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in [The Hague](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hague \"The Hague\"), [Netherlands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands \"Netherlands\"), and having its stock \"Shell Oil\" traded on the [New York Stock Exchange](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Stock_Exchange \"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.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-hayes-22)\n\nDespite 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legal_liability \"Legal 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.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-priest_272-23)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/33\/Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg\/250px-Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg)\n\nA Shell [gas station](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filling_station \"Filling station\") near [Lost Hills, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_Hills,_California \"Lost Hills, California\").\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/49\/ShellTrueNorth.jpg\/250px-ShellTrueNorth.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:ShellTrueNorth.jpg)\n\nA [Shell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Oil_Company \"Shell Oil Company\") station in [Columbus, Ohio](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbus,_Ohio \"Columbus, Ohio\") in 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a [convenience store](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convenience_store \"Convenience store\").\n\nIn January 2018, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by [CEO Matt Kisber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Kisber \"Matt Kisber\"). The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to U.S. customers.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-24) The company paid up to an estimated \\$217 million to take over from former minority shareholders [Partners Group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partners_Group \"Partners Group\").[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-25)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/29\/Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG\/250px-Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Oil_refinery_in_Martinez,_California.JPG)\n\nThe Shell Martinez Refinery, which operated in [Martinez, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinez,_California \"Martinez, California\"), for over 100 years before being sold to [PBF Energy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBF_Energy \"PBF Energy\") in 2020.\n\nIn 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.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-26)\n\n## Subsidiaries\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Subsidiaries\")\\]\n\n- [Shell Development Emeryville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Development_Emeryville \"Shell Development Emeryville\") – Research facility that operated from 1928 to 1966 in California.\n- [Pennzoil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennzoil \"Pennzoil\")\n- [Quaker State](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quaker_State \"Quaker State\")\n- [Jiffy Lube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiffy_Lube \"Jiffy Lube\")\n- [Deer Park Refinery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deer_Park_Refinery \"Deer Park Refinery\") – In 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to [Pemex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pemex \"Pemex\").[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-27)\n- Limejump\n- Greenlots – [Charging stations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charging_station \"Charging station\") and [systems provider](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_vehicle_charging_network \"Electric vehicle charging network\") for others like [Electrify America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electrify_America \"Electrify America\")[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-electrek20211022-28)\n- Amilcar Petroleum Operations (APO) – Joint venture with the state-owned petroleum company in Tunisia [Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entreprise_Tunisienne_d%27Activit%C3%A9s_P%C3%A9troli%C3%A8res \"Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières\") created on July 1, 2014.\n- Specialty Oil Company – [Walmart](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walmart \"Walmart\") Super Tech Brand\n\n## Legal issues\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Legal issues\")\\]\n\n### Environmental\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Environmental\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2c\/Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG\/250px-Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG)\n\nStorage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anacortes,_Washington \"Anacortes, Washington\").\n\nShell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anacortes,_Washington \"Anacortes, Washington\"), was fined \\$291,000 from 2006 to 2010 for violations of the [Clean Air Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clean_Air_Act_\$United_States\$ \"Clean Air Act (United States)\") making it the second most-fined violator in the [Pacific Northwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Northwest \"Pacific Northwest\"). As of 2011[\\[update\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit), it has been listed as a \"high-priority violator\" since 2008.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-McClure-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-Hsu-30)\n\nIn 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Shell Oil Company for alleged Clean Air Act violation. Shell [Deer Park Refinery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deer_Park_Refinery \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harris_County,_Texas \"Harris County, Texas\"), which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-ABC-31) According to [Sierra Club](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sierra_Club \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_protection_agency \"Environmental protection agency\") emissions limits.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-Reuters-32)\n\nWill 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.\"[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-33)\n\n### Polybutylene lawsuit\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: Polybutylene lawsuit\")\\]\n\nBetween 1978 and 1995, Shell Oil produced [polybutylene](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polybutylene \"Polybutylene\") pipes, which corrode when exposed to chlorine. A [class action](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Class_action \"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.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-canada-34) The settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-pipe-35)\n\n### Campaign violations\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: Campaign violations\")\\]\n\nAbout 6,000 Shell workers and contractors were instructed to attend a [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"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.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-37) Federal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution.[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-38)\n\n## Leadership\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: Leadership\")\\]\n\n### President\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=10 \"Edit section: President\")\\]\n\n1. [Avery D. Andrews](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avery_D._Andrews \"Avery D. Andrews\"), 1922–\n2. William H. Allen, 1922–\n3. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Deterding \"Henri Deterding\"), 1922–\n4. Jan Carel van Panthaleon van Eck, 1924–1933\n5. R. G. A. van der Woude, 1933–1947\n6. Alexander Fraser, 1947–1949\n7. H. S. M. Burns, 1949–1961\n8. [Monroe Edward Spaght](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monroe_Spaght \"Monroe Spaght\"), 1961–1966\n9. Richard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971\n10. Denis B. Kemball-Cook, 1971–1976\n11. [John Frank Bookout Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Frank_Bookout_Jr. \"John Frank Bookout Jr.\"), 1976–\n\n### Chairman of the Board\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: Chairman of the Board\")\\]\n\n1. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Deterding \"Henri Deterding\"), 1924–1937\n2. [Frederick Godber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Godber,_1st_Baron_Godber \"Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber\"), 1937–1946\n3. Sir George Legh-Jones, 1946–1951\n4. Sir Francis Hopwood, 1951–1958\n5. [John Hugo Loudon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hugo_Loudon \"John Hugo Loudon\"), 1958–1965\n6. [David H. Barran](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Barran \"David Barran\"), 1971–1972\n7. G. A. Wagner, 1972–1977\n8. Dirk De Bruyne, 1977–1985\n9. [Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lodewijk_Christiaan_van_Wachem \"Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem\"), 1985–\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=12 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- ![flag](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f7\/Flag_of_Texas.svg\/40px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png)[Texas portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Texas \"Portal:Texas\")\n- ![flag](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)[United States portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:United_States \"Portal:United States\")\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2a\/Industry5.svg\/40px-Industry5.svg.png)[Companies portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Companies \"Portal:Companies\")\n- [![icon](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/14\/Crystal_energy.svg\/40px-Crystal_energy.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Crystal_energy.svg)[Energy portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Energy \"Portal:Energy\")\n\n- [Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennsylvania_Shell_ethylene_cracker_plant \"Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant\")\n- [Petroleum geology](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum_geology \"Petroleum geology\")\n- [Fred Meissner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Meissner \"Fred Meissner\"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Explorationist, Professor Colorado School of Mines\n- [M. King Hubbert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M._King_Hubbert \"M. King Hubbert\"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Geologist, created the [Hubbert peak theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubbert_peak_theory \"Hubbert peak theory\") model of [oil depletion](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_depletion \"Oil depletion\")\n- [Geophysics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geophysics \"Geophysics\")\n- [List of automotive fuel brands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_automotive_fuel_brands \"List of automotive fuel brands\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=13 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-1)**\n   Sarnoff, By Nancy (September 20, 2016). [\"Namesake tenant departing One Shell Plaza\"](http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/Namesake-tenant-departing-One-Shell-Plaza-9235491.php). *Houston Chronicle*. Retrieved April 29, 2017.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-2)**\n   [\"Revenue and Financial Reports\"](http:\/\/www.vault.com\/company-profiles\/oil-gas\/shell-oil-company\/company-overview.aspx). *www.vault.com*.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-3)**\n   [\"2022 Fact Sheet Shell in The United States\"](https:\/\/www.shell.us\/about-us\/_jcr_content\/par\/textimage.stream\/1657828170869\/efdb07299ab495f3e5f15a7177b2a4bba22a6595\/about-shellusa-2022-usa-factsheet.pdf) (PDF). *www.shell.us*.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-4)** <https:\/\/calisphere.org\/item\/ark:\/13030\/kt4489q335\/>\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-5)** <https:\/\/docs.bakersfieldcity.us\/WebLink\/DocView.aspx?id=360738&dbid=0&repo=CITYRECORDS>\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-6)**\n   [\"Shell to Purchase Calif. Oil Land For \\$3.65 Billion\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/1979\/09\/30\/shell-to-purchase-calif-oil-land-for-365-billion\/2dda0dcd-78b7-4288-92a8-81b183837cda\/). *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")*. September 29, 1979. [Archived](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\/) from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2024.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"Aspects of the Refining\/Marketing Joint Ventures of Shell Oil, Star Enterprises, and Texaco\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100615132522\/http:\/\/www.eia.doe.gov\/emeu\/finance\/mergers\/stindex.html). [U.S. Energy Information Administration](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Energy_Information_Administration \"Energy Information Administration\"). July 23, 2001. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.eia.doe.gov\/emeu\/finance\/mergers\/stindex.html) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2012.\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-houston_8-0)**\n   [\"Shell to brand new U.S. gas stations\"](http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/stories\/2002\/02\/04\/daily41.html). *[Houston Business Journal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_City_Business_Journals \"American City Business Journals\")*. bizjournals.com. February 8, 2002.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-9)**\n   [\"Trust Your Car to the Man who Wears the... Shell\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120224120733\/http:\/\/driving.myfoxcharlotte.com\/news_this_week\/2002-05-08-1912-driving\/index.html). [WCCB](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WCCB \"WCCB\")\\-TV. May 8, 2002. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/driving.myfoxcharlotte.com\/news_this_week\/2002-05-08-1912-driving\/index.html) on February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-10)**\n    [\"Annual Report and Form 20-F 2016\"](http:\/\/reports.shell.com\/annual-report\/2016\/). Shell. Retrieved April 29, 2017.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-11)**\n    Strasburg, Ben Dummett, Lauren Thomas and Jenny. [\"Exclusive \\| Shell in Early Talks to Acquire Rival BP\"](https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/energy-oil\/shell-in-early-talks-to-acquire-rival-bp-2233591a). *WSJ*. Retrieved June 25, 2025.\n    \n    `{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list \"Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list\"))\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-12)**\n    Hercher, James (August 6, 2025). [\"Shell Shutters Its Volta EV Charging And Media Division\"](https:\/\/www.adexchanger.com\/commerce\/shell-shutters-its-volta-ev-charging-and-media-division\/). *AdExchanger*. Retrieved September 20, 2025.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-13)**\n    [\"Shell gas station locations in the USA\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211119173239\/https:\/\/www.scrapehero.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/maps\/Shell_USA.png). Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.scrapehero.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/maps\/Shell_USA.png) on November 19, 2021.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-14)**\n    [\"Shell expects to split Motiva assets with Saudi Aramco in the second-quarter\"](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-refineries-motiva-split-idUSKBN16E15B). *Reuters*. March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2017.\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-products_15-0)**\n    [\"Products and Services\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110724201650\/http:\/\/www.shell.us\/home\/content\/usa\/products_services\/). Shell Oil Company. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.shell.us\/home\/content\/usa\/products_services\/) on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2012.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-martinez_16-0)**\n    [\"About Shell Martinez Refinery\"](http:\/\/www.shell.us\/about-us\/projects-and-locations\/martinez-refinery\/about-shell-martinez-refinery.html). Shell Oil Company. Retrieved August 27, 2016.\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-17)**\n    [\"PBF Energy Completes Acquisition of Martinez Refinery, Creates West Coast System\"](https:\/\/investors.pbfenergy.com\/news\/2020\/02-01-2020-124343887). *investors.pbfenergy.com*. Retrieved April 11, 2023.\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-holusha_18-0)**\n    Holusha, John (April 12, 1990). [\"Shell Offers a New Gasoline In 10 Cities to Aid Air Quality\"](https:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D81038F931A25757C0A966958260&sec=&spon=). *The New York Times*. Retrieved May 23, 2010.\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-19)**\n    Ayello, Jim. [\"IndyCar, IMS land Speedway as official fuel partner\"](https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/motor\/2018\/11\/27\/indycar-ims-land-speedway-official-fuel-partner\/2126088002\/). *The Indianapolis Star*.\n20. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-20)**\n    Sports, IndyStar. [\"IndyCar Series switching to Shell fuel from Speedway\"](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\/). *The Indianapolis Star*.\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-21)**\n    [\"Montana Renewables Begins Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Shell\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240203195626\/https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/montana-renewables-begins-sustainable-aviation-fuel-deliveries-to-shell-301820679.html). *PRN* (Press release). Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/montana-renewables-begins-sustainable-aviation-fuel-deliveries-to-shell-301820679.html) on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.\n22. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-hayes_22-0)**\n    Thomas C. Hayes (December 13, 1990). [\"Shell Oil Shareholders Awarded \\$110 Million\"](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1990\/12\/13\/business\/shell-oil-shareholders-awarded-110-million.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved February 27, 2012.\n23. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-priest_272_23-0)**\n    Tyler Priest (2007). *The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil's Search for Petroleum in Postwar America*. Texas A\\&M University Press. p. 272. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\$identifier\$ \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n    \n    [978-1-58544-568-4](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-1-58544-568-4 \"Special:BookSources\/978-1-58544-568-4\")\n    \n    .\n24. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-24)**\n    [\"Shell takes big stake in Silicon Ranch\"](https:\/\/www.nashvillepost.com\/business\/manufacturing\/energy\/article\/20988737\/shell-takes-big-stake-in-silicon-ranch). *Nashville Post*. January 15, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2019.\n25. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-25)**\n    [\"Bredesen's Silicon Ranch solar company gains Shell investment of up to \\$217M\"](https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/money\/2018\/01\/15\/phil-bredesen-silicon-ranch-solar-shell-investment-up-217-m\/1033391001\/). *The Tennessean*. Retrieved April 29, 2019.\n26. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-26)**\n    Gough, Paul (October 8, 2018). [\"First Look: Shell raises tallest structure at Beaver County plant\"](https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2018\/10\/08\/first-look-shell-raises-tallest-structure-beaver.html). *Biz Journals*.\n27. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-27)**\n    [\"Shell completes sale of interest in Deer Park refinery to partner Pemex\"](https:\/\/www.shell.com\/media\/news-and-media-releases\/2022\/shell-completes-sale-of-interest-in-deer-park-refinery-to-partner-pemex.html). *www.shell.com*. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.\n28. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-electrek20211022_28-0)**\n    Weintraub, Seth (October 22, 2021). [\"Interview: Shell Greenlots COO Tannaz Banisadre talks Plug and Charge, bringing 500,000 charging stations online\"](https:\/\/electrek.co\/2021\/10\/22\/shell-greenlots-tannaz-banisadre\/). *[Electrek](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electrek \"Electrek\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211022200220\/https:\/\/electrek.co\/2021\/10\/22\/shell-greenlots-tannaz-banisadre\/) from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.\n29. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-McClure_29-0)**\n    Robert McClure and Lisa Stiffler (November 7, 2011). [\"EPA's 'High Priority Violators' Scattered Across the Northwest\"](https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=142092185&ft=3&f=142092185). [NPR](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NPR \"NPR\"). Retrieved February 27, 2012.\n30. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-Hsu_30-0)**\n    Hsu, Nelson. [\"Poisoned Places Map\"](https:\/\/www.npr.org\/news\/graphics\/2011\/10\/toxic-air\/#12.00\/48.4652\/-122.5435). [NPR](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NPR \"NPR\"). Retrieved February 27, 2012.\n31. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-ABC_31-0)**\n    Donovan, John (September 6, 2011). [\"Reporter\"](http:\/\/royaldutchshellplc.com\/2011\/09\/06\/shell-to-pay-500000-for-pollution-in-texas\/). *ABC News*. Royal Dutch Shell. Retrieved September 6, 2011.\n32. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-Reuters_32-0)**\n    Seba, Erwin (April 23, 2009). [\"Shell agrees to settle TX refinery pollution suit\"](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-refinery-environment-shell-deerpark-idUSTRE53M60H20090423). *Reuters*. 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For the parent company, see [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\"). For the Canadian oil company of the same trademark, see [Shell Canada](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Canada \"Shell Canada\").\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/e\/e8\/Shell_logo.svg\/250px-Shell_logo.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Shell_logo.svg) |   |\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/96\/One_Shell_Plaza.jpg\/250px-One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)[One Shell Plaza](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_Shell_Plaza \"One Shell Plaza\"), Shell USA's former [headquarters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Headquarters \"Headquarters\") in [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-1) |   |\n| Formerly | Shell Oil Company, Inc. |\n| Company type | [Subsidiary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subsidiary \"Subsidiary\") |\n| Industry | [Petroleum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum_industry \"Petroleum industry\") |\n| Founded | 1912; 114 years ago U.S. |\n| Headquarters | [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas, United States |\n| Key people | Colette Hirstius ([president](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_\$corporate_title\$ \"President (corporate title)\")) |\n| Products | [Fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuel \"Fuel\"), [motor oil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motor_oil \"Motor oil\") |\n| Revenue | ![Decrease](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Decrease2.svg\/20px-Decrease2.svg.png) [US\\$](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US$ \"US$\") 37.376 billion (2013\/2016)[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-2) |\n| Number of employees | 12,100+ (2021)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-3) |\n| [Parent](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parent_company \"Parent company\") | [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\") |\n| Website | [shell.us](https:\/\/www.shell.us\/) |\n\n**Shell USA, Inc.** (formerly **Shell Oil Company, Inc.**) is the [United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States \"United States\")–based wholly owned [subsidiary](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subsidiary \"Subsidiary\") of [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\"), a [British](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom \"United Kingdom\") transnational corporation \"[oil major](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_major \"Oil major\")\" which is among the largest [oil companies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_company \"Oil company\") in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural [gas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flatulence \"Flatulence\") producers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and [petrochemical](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrochemical \"Petrochemical\") manufacturers.\n\nRoyal Dutch-Shell began operations in the United States in the 1910s. Early acquisitions included [William Miller Graham](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Miller_Graham \"William Miller Graham\")'s California Oilfields Limited in 1913.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-4) The present company formed when two Royal Dutch-Shell subsidiaries, Shell Oil Company of California and Oklahoma's Roxana Petroleum, merged with the [Union Oil Company](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unocal_Corporation \"Unocal Corporation\") of Delaware.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-5)\n\nShell drilled the [Alamitos oil well](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alamitos_oil_well \"Alamitos oil well\") in [Signal Hill, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Signal_Hill,_California \"Signal Hill, California\") in 1921.\n\nIn 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.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-6) Shell also invested in [offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico_\$United_States\$ \"Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)\").\n\nIn 1997, Shell and [Texaco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texaco \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motiva_Enterprises \"Motiva Enterprises\"), combined the Eastern and Gulf Coast operations of Shell Oil and Star Enterprise, itself a joint venture between [Saudi Aramco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Aramco \"Saudi Aramco\") and Texaco.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-7)\n\nAfter Texaco merged with [Chevron](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chevron_Corporation \"Chevron Corporation\") in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-houston-8) 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\".[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-9)\n\nIn 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Dutch_Shell \"Royal Dutch Shell\") breaking off its [Natural Gas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natural_Gas \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Energy_North_America \"Shell Energy North America\"), a closely integrated, but a distinctive entity that runs across North America and is headquartered out of [Houston](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston \"Houston\"), Texas.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-10)\n\nIn June 2025, news broke of Shell seeking to acquire competitor BP in what would be the largest oil deal in decades.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-11)\n\nOn August 6, 2025, it was announced that Shell would be ceasing the operations of [Volta Charging](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volta_Charging \"Volta Charging\") (originally acquired and merged its operations with its Recharge Network in 2023) by November and would be shuttering its 2,000 [charging stations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charging_stations \"Charging stations\") and laying off 190 employees. A selection of those employed at Volta are eligible to reapply at positions through Shell.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-12)\n\nShell 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montana \"Montana\").[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-13) At its gas stations, Shell provides [diesel fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diesel_fuel \"Diesel fuel\"), [fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gasoline \"Gasoline\") and [LPG](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liquefied_petroleum_gas \"Liquefied petroleum gas\"). Shell Oil Company was a 50\/50 partner with the [Saudi Arabian government](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabian_government \"Saudi Arabian government\")\\-owned oil company [Saudi Aramco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Aramco \"Saudi Aramco\") in [Motiva Enterprises](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motiva_Enterprises \"Motiva Enterprises\"), a refining and marketing joint venture which owns and operates three oil refineries on the [Gulf Coast of the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States \"Gulf Coast of the United States\"). However, Shell is currently divesting its interest in Motiva.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-14)\n\nShell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-products-15) The Shell [Martinez Refinery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinez_Refinery \"Martinez Refinery\") in [Martinez, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinez,_California \"Martinez, California\"), the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and [Texaco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texaco \"Texaco\") stations in the West and Midwest[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-martinez-16) until its sale to [PBF Energy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBF_Energy \"PBF Energy\") in 2020.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-17)\n\nShell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the [V-Power](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-Power \"V-Power\") line.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-holusha-18)\n\nIn 2023 Shell USA (North American division of [Shell plc](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_plc \"Shell plc\")) became the *Official Fuel of the NTT [IndyCar Series](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IndyCar_Series \"IndyCar Series\")* they will supply 100% [Ethanol](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethanol_fuel \"Ethanol fuel\")\\-sourced fuel. They are also the *Official Fuel of the [Indianapolis Motor Speedway](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway \"Indianapolis Motor Speedway\")*.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-20)\n\nIn 2023, the first deliveries of [sustainable aviation fuel](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aviation_biofuel#Sustainable_aviation_fuels \"Aviation biofuel\") (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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Climate_change_mitigation \"Climate change mitigation\").[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-21)\n\n## Relationship with Shell plc\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Relationship with Shell plc\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8b\/Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG\/250px-Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG)\n\nThe Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 16th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the [National Register of Historic Places](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Register_of_Historic_Places \"National Register of Historic Places\"). Reference \\#85002073\n\nUntil the mid-1980s, Shell's business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in [The Hague](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hague \"The Hague\"), [Netherlands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands \"Netherlands\"), and having its stock \"Shell Oil\" traded on the [New York Stock Exchange](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Stock_Exchange \"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.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-hayes-22)\n\nDespite 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legal_liability \"Legal 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.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-priest_272-23)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/33\/Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg\/250px-Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg)\n\nA Shell [gas station](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filling_station \"Filling station\") near [Lost Hills, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_Hills,_California \"Lost Hills, California\").\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/49\/ShellTrueNorth.jpg\/250px-ShellTrueNorth.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:ShellTrueNorth.jpg)\n\nA [Shell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Oil_Company \"Shell Oil Company\") station in [Columbus, Ohio](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbus,_Ohio \"Columbus, Ohio\") in 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a [convenience store](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convenience_store \"Convenience store\").\n\nIn January 2018, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by [CEO Matt Kisber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Kisber \"Matt Kisber\"). The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to U.S. customers.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-24) The company paid up to an estimated \\$217 million to take over from former minority shareholders [Partners Group](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Partners_Group \"Partners Group\").[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-25)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/29\/Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG\/250px-Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Oil_refinery_in_Martinez,_California.JPG)\n\nThe Shell Martinez Refinery, which operated in [Martinez, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martinez,_California \"Martinez, California\"), for over 100 years before being sold to [PBF Energy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PBF_Energy \"PBF Energy\") in 2020.\n\nIn 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.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-26)\n\n- [Shell Development Emeryville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_Development_Emeryville \"Shell Development Emeryville\") – Research facility that operated from 1928 to 1966 in California.\n- [Pennzoil](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennzoil \"Pennzoil\")\n- [Quaker State](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quaker_State \"Quaker State\")\n- [Jiffy Lube](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiffy_Lube \"Jiffy Lube\")\n- [Deer Park Refinery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deer_Park_Refinery \"Deer Park Refinery\") – In 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to [Pemex](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pemex \"Pemex\").[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-27)\n- Limejump\n- Greenlots – [Charging stations](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charging_station \"Charging station\") and [systems provider](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_vehicle_charging_network \"Electric vehicle charging network\") for others like [Electrify America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electrify_America \"Electrify America\")[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-electrek20211022-28)\n- Amilcar Petroleum Operations (APO) – Joint venture with the state-owned petroleum company in Tunisia [Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entreprise_Tunisienne_d%27Activit%C3%A9s_P%C3%A9troli%C3%A8res \"Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières\") created on July 1, 2014.\n- Specialty Oil Company – [Walmart](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walmart \"Walmart\") Super Tech Brand\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2c\/Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG\/250px-Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG)\n\nStorage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anacortes,_Washington \"Anacortes, Washington\").\n\nShell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anacortes,_Washington \"Anacortes, Washington\"), was fined \\$291,000 from 2006 to 2010 for violations of the [Clean Air Act](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clean_Air_Act_\$United_States\$ \"Clean Air Act (United States)\") making it the second most-fined violator in the [Pacific Northwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Northwest \"Pacific Northwest\"). As of 2011, it has been listed as a \"high-priority violator\" since 2008.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-McClure-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-Hsu-30)\n\nIn 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Shell Oil Company for alleged Clean Air Act violation. Shell [Deer Park Refinery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deer_Park_Refinery \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harris_County,_Texas \"Harris County, Texas\"), which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-ABC-31) According to [Sierra Club](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sierra_Club \"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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_protection_agency \"Environmental protection agency\") emissions limits.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-Reuters-32)\n\nWill 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.\"[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-33)\n\n### Polybutylene lawsuit\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: Polybutylene lawsuit\")\\]\n\nBetween 1978 and 1995, Shell Oil produced [polybutylene](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polybutylene \"Polybutylene\") pipes, which corrode when exposed to chlorine. A [class action](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Class_action \"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.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-canada-34) The settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009.[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-pipe-35)\n\n### Campaign violations\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: Campaign violations\")\\]\n\nAbout 6,000 Shell workers and contractors were instructed to attend a [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"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.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-37) Federal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution.[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_note-38)\n\n1. [Avery D. Andrews](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avery_D._Andrews \"Avery D. Andrews\"), 1922–\n2. William H. Allen, 1922–\n3. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Deterding \"Henri Deterding\"), 1922–\n4. Jan Carel van Panthaleon van Eck, 1924–1933\n5. R. G. A. van der Woude, 1933–1947\n6. Alexander Fraser, 1947–1949\n7. H. S. M. Burns, 1949–1961\n8. [Monroe Edward Spaght](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monroe_Spaght \"Monroe Spaght\"), 1961–1966\n9. Richard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971\n10. Denis B. Kemball-Cook, 1971–1976\n11. [John Frank Bookout Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Frank_Bookout_Jr. \"John Frank Bookout Jr.\"), 1976–\n\n### Chairman of the Board\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: Chairman of the Board\")\\]\n\n1. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Deterding \"Henri Deterding\"), 1924–1937\n2. [Frederick Godber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_Godber,_1st_Baron_Godber \"Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber\"), 1937–1946\n3. Sir George Legh-Jones, 1946–1951\n4. Sir Francis Hopwood, 1951–1958\n5. [John Hugo Loudon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hugo_Loudon \"John Hugo Loudon\"), 1958–1965\n6. [David H. Barran](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Barran \"David Barran\"), 1971–1972\n7. G. A. Wagner, 1972–1977\n8. Dirk De Bruyne, 1977–1985\n9. [Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lodewijk_Christiaan_van_Wachem \"Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem\"), 1985–\n\n- [Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennsylvania_Shell_ethylene_cracker_plant \"Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant\")\n- [Petroleum geology](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum_geology \"Petroleum geology\")\n- [Fred Meissner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Meissner \"Fred Meissner\"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Explorationist, Professor Colorado School of Mines\n- [M. King Hubbert](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M._King_Hubbert \"M. King Hubbert\"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Geologist, created the [Hubbert peak theory](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubbert_peak_theory \"Hubbert peak theory\") model of [oil depletion](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_depletion \"Oil depletion\")\n- [Geophysics](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geophysics \"Geophysics\")\n- [List of automotive fuel brands](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_automotive_fuel_brands \"List of automotive fuel brands\")\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-1)**\n   Sarnoff, By Nancy (September 20, 2016). [\"Namesake tenant departing One Shell Plaza\"](http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/Namesake-tenant-departing-One-Shell-Plaza-9235491.php). *Houston Chronicle*. Retrieved April 29, 2017.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-2)**\n   [\"Revenue and Financial Reports\"](http:\/\/www.vault.com\/company-profiles\/oil-gas\/shell-oil-company\/company-overview.aspx). *www.vault.com*.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-3)**\n   [\"2022 Fact Sheet Shell in The United States\"](https:\/\/www.shell.us\/about-us\/_jcr_content\/par\/textimage.stream\/1657828170869\/efdb07299ab495f3e5f15a7177b2a4bba22a6595\/about-shellusa-2022-usa-factsheet.pdf) (PDF). *www.shell.us*.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-4)** <https:\/\/calisphere.org\/item\/ark:\/13030\/kt4489q335\/>\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-5)** <https:\/\/docs.bakersfieldcity.us\/WebLink\/DocView.aspx?id=360738&dbid=0&repo=CITYRECORDS>\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shell_USA#cite_ref-6)**\n   [\"Shell to Purchase Calif. 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Boilerpipe Text	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the U.S. division. For the parent company, see Shell plc . For the Canadian oil company of the same trademark, see Shell Canada . Shell USA, Inc. One Shell Plaza , Shell USA's former headquarters in Houston , Texas. [ 1 ] Formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc. Company type Subsidiary Industry Petroleum Founded 1912 ; 114 years ago U.S. Headquarters Houston , Texas , United States Key people Colette Hirstius ( president ) Products Fuel , motor oil Revenue US$ 37.376 billion (2013/2016) [ 2 ] Number of employees 12,100+ (2021) [ 3 ] Parent Shell plc Website shell.us Shell USA, Inc. (formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc. ) is the United States –based wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc , a British transnational corporation " oil major " which is among the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in Houston , Texas. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Royal Dutch-Shell began operations in the United States in the 1910s. Early acquisitions included William Miller Graham 's California Oilfields Limited in 1913. [ 4 ] The present company formed when two Royal Dutch-Shell subsidiaries, Shell Oil Company of California and Oklahoma's Roxana Petroleum, merged with the Union Oil Company of Delaware. [ 5 ] Shell drilled the Alamitos oil well in Signal Hill, California in 1921. 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. [ 6 ] Shell also invested in offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico . 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. [ 7 ] After Texaco merged with Chevron in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures. [ 8 ] 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". [ 9 ] 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. [ 10 ] In June 2025, news broke of Shell seeking to acquire competitor BP in what would be the largest oil deal in decades. [ 11 ] On August 6, 2025, it was announced that Shell would be ceasing the operations of Volta Charging (originally acquired and merged its operations with its Recharge Network in 2023) by November and would be shuttering its 2,000 charging stations and laying off 190 employees. A selection of those employed at Volta are eligible to reapply at positions through Shell. [ 12 ] 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 . [ 13 ] 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. [ 14 ] Shell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products. [ 15 ] 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 [ 16 ] until its sale to PBF Energy in 2020. [ 17 ] Shell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the V-Power line. [ 18 ] 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 . [ 19 ] [ 20 ] 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 . [ 21 ] Relationship with Shell plc [ edit ] The Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 16th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places . Reference #85002073 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. [ 22 ] 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. [ 23 ] A Shell gas station near Lost Hills, California . A Shell station in Columbus, Ohio in 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a convenience store . 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. [ 24 ] The company paid up to an estimated $217 million to take over from former minority shareholders Partners Group . [ 25 ] The Shell Martinez Refinery, which operated in Martinez, California , for over 100 years before being sold to PBF Energy in 2020. 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. [ 26 ] 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 . [ 27 ] Limejump Greenlots – Charging stations and systems provider for others like Electrify America [ 28 ] 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 Storage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery, Anacortes, Washington . 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 . As of 2011 , it has been listed as a "high-priority violator" since 2008. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] 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. [ 31 ] 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. [ 32 ] 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." [ 33 ] Polybutylene lawsuit [ edit ] 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. [ 34 ] The settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009. [ 35 ] Campaign violations [ edit ] 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. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Federal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution. [ 38 ] Avery D. Andrews , 1922– William H. Allen, 1922– Henri W. A. Deterding , 1922– Jan Carel van Panthaleon van Eck, 1924–1933 R. G. A. van der Woude, 1933–1947 Alexander Fraser, 1947–1949 H. S. M. Burns, 1949–1961 Monroe Edward Spaght , 1961–1966 Richard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971 Denis B. 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For the parent company, see [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc"). For the Canadian oil company of the same trademark, see [Shell Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Canada "Shell Canada"). \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Shell_logo.svg/250px-Shell_logo.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shell_logo.svg) \| \| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/One_Shell_Plaza.jpg/250px-One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)[One Shell Plaza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Shell_Plaza "One Shell Plaza"), Shell USA's former [headquarters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters "Headquarters") in [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-1) \| \| \| Formerly \| Shell Oil Company, Inc. \| \| Company type \| [Subsidiary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") \| \| Industry \| [Petroleum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry "Petroleum industry") \| \| Founded \| 1912; 114 years ago (1912) U.S. \| \| Headquarters \| [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas, United States \| \| Key people \| Colette Hirstius ([president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_$corporate_title$ "President (corporate title)")) \| \| Products \| [Fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel "Fuel"), [motor oil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_oil "Motor oil") \| \| Revenue \| ![Decrease](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/20px-Decrease2.svg.png) [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$ "US$") 37.376 billion (2013/2016)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-2) \| \| Number of employees \| 12,100+ (2021)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-3) \| \| [Parent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent_company "Parent company") \| [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc") \| \| Website \| [shell.us](https://www.shell.us/) \| Shell USA, Inc. (formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc.) is the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States")–based wholly owned [subsidiary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") of [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc"), a [British](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom") transnational corporation "[oil major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_major "Oil major")" which is among the largest [oil companies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_company "Oil company") in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural [gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence "Flatulence") producers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and [petrochemical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrochemical "Petrochemical") manufacturers. ## History \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: History")\] Royal Dutch-Shell began operations in the United States in the 1910s. Early acquisitions included [William Miller Graham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Miller_Graham "William Miller Graham")'s California Oilfields Limited in 1913.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-4) The present company formed when two Royal Dutch-Shell subsidiaries, Shell Oil Company of California and Oklahoma's Roxana Petroleum, merged with the [Union Oil Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unocal_Corporation "Unocal Corporation") of Delaware.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-5) Shell drilled the [Alamitos oil well](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamitos_oil_well "Alamitos oil well") in [Signal Hill, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill,_California "Signal Hill, California") in 1921. 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.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-6) Shell also invested in [offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico_$United_States$ "Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)"). In 1997, Shell and [Texaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiva_Enterprises "Motiva Enterprises"), combined the Eastern and Gulf Coast operations of Shell Oil and Star Enterprise, itself a joint venture between [Saudi Aramco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco "Saudi Aramco") and Texaco.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-7) After Texaco merged with [Chevron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_Corporation "Chevron Corporation") in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-houston-8) 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".[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-9) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell "Royal Dutch Shell") breaking off its [Natural Gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Gas "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Energy_North_America "Shell Energy North America"), a closely integrated, but a distinctive entity that runs across North America and is headquartered out of [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-10) In June 2025, news broke of Shell seeking to acquire competitor BP in what would be the largest oil deal in decades.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-11) On August 6, 2025, it was announced that Shell would be ceasing the operations of [Volta Charging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_Charging "Volta Charging") (originally acquired and merged its operations with its Recharge Network in 2023) by November and would be shuttering its 2,000 [charging stations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_stations "Charging stations") and laying off 190 employees. A selection of those employed at Volta are eligible to reapply at positions through Shell.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-12) ## Activities \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Activities")\] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana "Montana").[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-13) At its gas stations, Shell provides [diesel fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_fuel "Diesel fuel"), [fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline "Gasoline") and [LPG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas "Liquefied petroleum gas"). Shell Oil Company was a 50/50 partner with the [Saudi Arabian government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_government "Saudi Arabian government")\-owned oil company [Saudi Aramco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco "Saudi Aramco") in [Motiva Enterprises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiva_Enterprises "Motiva Enterprises"), a refining and marketing joint venture which owns and operates three oil refineries on the [Gulf Coast of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States "Gulf Coast of the United States"). However, Shell is currently divesting its interest in Motiva.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-14) Shell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-products-15) The Shell [Martinez Refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez_Refinery "Martinez Refinery") in [Martinez, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez,_California "Martinez, California"), the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and [Texaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco "Texaco") stations in the West and Midwest[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-martinez-16) until its sale to [PBF Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBF_Energy "PBF Energy") in 2020.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-17) Shell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the [V-Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Power "V-Power") line.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-holusha-18) In 2023 Shell USA (North American division of [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc")) became the Official Fuel of the NTT [IndyCar Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndyCar_Series "IndyCar Series") they will supply 100% [Ethanol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel "Ethanol fuel")\-sourced fuel. They are also the Official Fuel of the [Indianapolis Motor Speedway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway "Indianapolis Motor Speedway").[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-20) In 2023, the first deliveries of [sustainable aviation fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_biofuel#Sustainable_aviation_fuels "Aviation biofuel") (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation "Climate change mitigation").[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-21) ## Relationship with Shell plc \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Relationship with Shell plc")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG/250px-Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG) The Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 16th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the [National Register of Historic Places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places "National Register of Historic Places"). Reference \#85002073 Until the mid-1980s, Shell's business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in [The Hague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague "The Hague"), [Netherlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands "Netherlands"), and having its stock "Shell Oil" traded on the [New York Stock Exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange "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.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-hayes-22) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_liability "Legal 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.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-priest_272-23) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg/250px-Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg) A Shell [gas station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station "Filling station") near [Lost Hills, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Hills,_California "Lost Hills, California"). [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ShellTrueNorth.jpg/250px-ShellTrueNorth.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ShellTrueNorth.jpg) A [Shell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company "Shell Oil Company") station in [Columbus, Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio "Columbus, Ohio") in 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a [convenience store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_store "Convenience store"). In January 2018, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by [CEO Matt Kisber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Kisber "Matt Kisber"). The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to U.S. customers.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-24) The company paid up to an estimated \$217 million to take over from former minority shareholders [Partners Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partners_Group "Partners Group").[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-25) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG/250px-Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oil_refinery_in_Martinez,_California.JPG) The Shell Martinez Refinery, which operated in [Martinez, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez,_California "Martinez, California"), for over 100 years before being sold to [PBF Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBF_Energy "PBF Energy") in 2020. 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.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-26) ## Subsidiaries \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Subsidiaries")\] - [Shell Development Emeryville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Development_Emeryville "Shell Development Emeryville") – Research facility that operated from 1928 to 1966 in California. - [Pennzoil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennzoil "Pennzoil") - [Quaker State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_State "Quaker State") - [Jiffy Lube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_Lube "Jiffy Lube") - [Deer Park Refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park_Refinery "Deer Park Refinery") – In 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to [Pemex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemex "Pemex").[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-27) - Limejump - Greenlots – [Charging stations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station "Charging station") and [systems provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_charging_network "Electric vehicle charging network") for others like [Electrify America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrify_America "Electrify America")[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-electrek20211022-28) - Amilcar Petroleum Operations (APO) – Joint venture with the state-owned petroleum company in Tunisia [Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entreprise_Tunisienne_d%27Activit%C3%A9s_P%C3%A9troli%C3%A8res "Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières") created on July 1, 2014. - Specialty Oil Company – [Walmart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart "Walmart") Super Tech Brand ## Legal issues \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Legal issues")\] ### Environmental \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Environmental")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG/250px-Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG) Storage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacortes,_Washington "Anacortes, Washington"). Shell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacortes,_Washington "Anacortes, Washington"), was fined \$291,000 from 2006 to 2010 for violations of the [Clean Air Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_$United_States$ "Clean Air Act (United States)") making it the second most-fined violator in the [Pacific Northwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest "Pacific Northwest"). As of 2011[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit), it has been listed as a "high-priority violator" since 2008.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-McClure-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-Hsu-30) In 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Shell Oil Company for alleged Clean Air Act violation. Shell [Deer Park Refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park_Refinery "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas "Harris County, Texas"), which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-ABC-31) According to [Sierra Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_protection_agency "Environmental protection agency") emissions limits.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-Reuters-32) 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."[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-33) ### Polybutylene lawsuit \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Polybutylene lawsuit")\] Between 1978 and 1995, Shell Oil produced [polybutylene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybutylene "Polybutylene") pipes, which corrode when exposed to chlorine. A [class action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action "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.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-canada-34) The settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-pipe-35) ### Campaign violations \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Campaign violations")\] About 6,000 Shell workers and contractors were instructed to attend a [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "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.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-37) Federal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution.[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-38) ## Leadership \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Leadership")\] ### President \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: President")\] 1. [Avery D. Andrews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_D._Andrews "Avery D. Andrews"), 1922– 2. William H. Allen, 1922– 3. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Deterding "Henri 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Spaght "Monroe Spaght"), 1961–1966 9. Richard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971 10. Denis B. Kemball-Cook, 1971–1976 11. [John Frank Bookout Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frank_Bookout_Jr. "John Frank Bookout Jr."), 1976– ### Chairman of the Board \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Chairman of the Board")\] 1. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Deterding "Henri Deterding"), 1924–1937 2. [Frederick Godber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Godber,_1st_Baron_Godber "Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber"), 1937–1946 3. Sir George Legh-Jones, 1946–1951 4. Sir Francis Hopwood, 1951–1958 5. [John Hugo Loudon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hugo_Loudon "John Hugo Loudon"), 1958–1965 6. [David H. Barran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Barran "David Barran"), 1971–1972 7. G. A. Wagner, 1972–1977 8. Dirk De Bruyne, 1977–1985 9. [Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_Christiaan_van_Wachem "Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem"), 1985– ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: See also")\] - ![flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/40px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png)[Texas portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Texas "Portal:Texas") - ![flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)[United States portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States "Portal:United States") - ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Industry5.svg/40px-Industry5.svg.png)[Companies portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Companies "Portal:Companies") - [![icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Crystal_energy.svg/40px-Crystal_energy.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_energy.svg)[Energy portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Energy "Portal:Energy") - [Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Shell_ethylene_cracker_plant "Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant") - [Petroleum geology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_geology "Petroleum geology") - [Fred Meissner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Meissner "Fred Meissner"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Explorationist, Professor Colorado School of Mines - [M. King Hubbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._King_Hubbert "M. King Hubbert"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Geologist, created the [Hubbert peak theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak_theory "Hubbert peak theory") model of [oil depletion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_depletion "Oil depletion") - [Geophysics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysics "Geophysics") - [List of automotive fuel brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_fuel_brands "List of automotive fuel brands") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: References")\] 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_ref-1) Sarnoff, By Nancy (September 20, 2016). ["Namesake tenant departing One Shell Plaza"](http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Namesake-tenant-departing-One-Shell-Plaza-9235491.php). Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 29, 2017. 2. 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Readable Markdown	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the U.S. division. For the parent company, see [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc"). For the Canadian oil company of the same trademark, see [Shell Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Canada "Shell Canada"). \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Shell_logo.svg/250px-Shell_logo.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shell_logo.svg) \| \| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/One_Shell_Plaza.jpg/250px-One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:One_Shell_Plaza.jpg)[One Shell Plaza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Shell_Plaza "One Shell Plaza"), Shell USA's former [headquarters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters "Headquarters") in [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-1) \| \| \| Formerly \| Shell Oil Company, Inc. \| \| Company type \| [Subsidiary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") \| \| Industry \| [Petroleum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry "Petroleum industry") \| \| Founded \| 1912; 114 years ago U.S. \| \| Headquarters \| [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas, United States \| \| Key people \| Colette Hirstius ([president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_$corporate_title$ "President (corporate title)")) \| \| Products \| [Fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel "Fuel"), [motor oil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_oil "Motor oil") \| \| Revenue \| ![Decrease](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/20px-Decrease2.svg.png) [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$ "US$") 37.376 billion (2013/2016)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-2) \| \| Number of employees \| 12,100+ (2021)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-3) \| \| [Parent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent_company "Parent company") \| [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc") \| \| Website \| [shell.us](https://www.shell.us/) \| Shell USA, Inc. (formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc.) is the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States")–based wholly owned [subsidiary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") of [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc"), a [British](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom") transnational corporation "[oil major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_major "Oil major")" which is among the largest [oil companies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_company "Oil company") in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural [gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence "Flatulence") producers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and [petrochemical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrochemical "Petrochemical") manufacturers. Royal Dutch-Shell began operations in the United States in the 1910s. Early acquisitions included [William Miller Graham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Miller_Graham "William Miller Graham")'s California Oilfields Limited in 1913.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-4) The present company formed when two Royal Dutch-Shell subsidiaries, Shell Oil Company of California and Oklahoma's Roxana Petroleum, merged with the [Union Oil Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unocal_Corporation "Unocal Corporation") of Delaware.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-5) Shell drilled the [Alamitos oil well](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamitos_oil_well "Alamitos oil well") in [Signal Hill, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Hill,_California "Signal Hill, California") in 1921. 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.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-6) Shell also invested in [offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico_$United_States$ "Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)"). In 1997, Shell and [Texaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiva_Enterprises "Motiva Enterprises"), combined the Eastern and Gulf Coast operations of Shell Oil and Star Enterprise, itself a joint venture between [Saudi Aramco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco "Saudi Aramco") and Texaco.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-7) After Texaco merged with [Chevron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_Corporation "Chevron Corporation") in 2001, Shell purchased Texaco's shares in the joint ventures.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-houston-8) 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".[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-9) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell "Royal Dutch Shell") breaking off its [Natural Gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Gas "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Energy_North_America "Shell Energy North America"), a closely integrated, but a distinctive entity that runs across North America and is headquartered out of [Houston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston "Houston"), Texas.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-10) In June 2025, news broke of Shell seeking to acquire competitor BP in what would be the largest oil deal in decades.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-11) On August 6, 2025, it was announced that Shell would be ceasing the operations of [Volta Charging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_Charging "Volta Charging") (originally acquired and merged its operations with its Recharge Network in 2023) by November and would be shuttering its 2,000 [charging stations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_stations "Charging stations") and laying off 190 employees. A selection of those employed at Volta are eligible to reapply at positions through Shell.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-12) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana "Montana").[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-13) At its gas stations, Shell provides [diesel fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_fuel "Diesel fuel"), [fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline "Gasoline") and [LPG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas "Liquefied petroleum gas"). Shell Oil Company was a 50/50 partner with the [Saudi Arabian government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_government "Saudi Arabian government")\-owned oil company [Saudi Aramco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco "Saudi Aramco") in [Motiva Enterprises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiva_Enterprises "Motiva Enterprises"), a refining and marketing joint venture which owns and operates three oil refineries on the [Gulf Coast of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States "Gulf Coast of the United States"). However, Shell is currently divesting its interest in Motiva.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-14) Shell products include oils, fuels, and car services as well as exploration, production, and refining of petroleum products.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-products-15) The Shell [Martinez Refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez_Refinery "Martinez Refinery") in [Martinez, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez,_California "Martinez, California"), the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and [Texaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco "Texaco") stations in the West and Midwest[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-martinez-16) until its sale to [PBF Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBF_Energy "PBF Energy") in 2020.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-17) Shell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the [V-Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Power "V-Power") line.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-holusha-18) In 2023 Shell USA (North American division of [Shell plc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_plc "Shell plc")) became the Official Fuel of the NTT [IndyCar Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndyCar_Series "IndyCar Series") they will supply 100% [Ethanol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel "Ethanol fuel")\-sourced fuel. They are also the Official Fuel of the [Indianapolis Motor Speedway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway "Indianapolis Motor Speedway").[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-20) In 2023, the first deliveries of [sustainable aviation fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_biofuel#Sustainable_aviation_fuels "Aviation biofuel") (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation "Climate change mitigation").[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-21) ## Relationship with Shell plc \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Relationship with Shell plc")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG/250px-Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix-Shell_Oil_Company-1925.JPG) The Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 16th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the [National Register of Historic Places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places "National Register of Historic Places"). Reference \#85002073 Until the mid-1980s, Shell's business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in [The Hague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague "The Hague"), [Netherlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands "Netherlands"), and having its stock "Shell Oil" traded on the [New York Stock Exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange "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.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-hayes-22) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_liability "Legal 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.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-priest_272-23) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg/250px-Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shellgasstationlosthills.jpg) A Shell [gas station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station "Filling station") near [Lost Hills, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Hills,_California "Lost Hills, California"). [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ShellTrueNorth.jpg/250px-ShellTrueNorth.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ShellTrueNorth.jpg) A [Shell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company "Shell Oil Company") station in [Columbus, Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio "Columbus, Ohio") in 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a [convenience store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_store "Convenience store"). In January 2018, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by [CEO Matt Kisber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Kisber "Matt Kisber"). The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to U.S. customers.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-24) The company paid up to an estimated \$217 million to take over from former minority shareholders [Partners Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partners_Group "Partners Group").[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-25) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG/250px-Oil_refinery_in_Martinez%2C_California.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oil_refinery_in_Martinez,_California.JPG) The Shell Martinez Refinery, which operated in [Martinez, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez,_California "Martinez, California"), for over 100 years before being sold to [PBF Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBF_Energy "PBF Energy") in 2020. 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.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-26) - [Shell Development Emeryville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Development_Emeryville "Shell Development Emeryville") – Research facility that operated from 1928 to 1966 in California. - [Pennzoil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennzoil "Pennzoil") - [Quaker State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_State "Quaker State") - [Jiffy Lube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_Lube "Jiffy Lube") - [Deer Park Refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park_Refinery "Deer Park Refinery") – In 2022, Shell completed sale of their interest in the Deer Park refinery to [Pemex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemex "Pemex").[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-27) - Limejump - Greenlots – [Charging stations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station "Charging station") and [systems provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_charging_network "Electric vehicle charging network") for others like [Electrify America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrify_America "Electrify America")[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-electrek20211022-28) - Amilcar Petroleum Operations (APO) – Joint venture with the state-owned petroleum company in Tunisia [Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entreprise_Tunisienne_d%27Activit%C3%A9s_P%C3%A9troli%C3%A8res "Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières") created on July 1, 2014. - Specialty Oil Company – [Walmart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart "Walmart") Super Tech Brand [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG/250px-Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anacortes_Refinery_32017.JPG) Storage tanks and towers at Shell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacortes,_Washington "Anacortes, Washington"). Shell Puget Sound Refinery, [Anacortes, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacortes,_Washington "Anacortes, Washington"), was fined \$291,000 from 2006 to 2010 for violations of the [Clean Air Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_$United_States$ "Clean Air Act (United States)") making it the second most-fined violator in the [Pacific Northwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest "Pacific Northwest"). As of 2011, it has been listed as a "high-priority violator" since 2008.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-McClure-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-Hsu-30) In 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Shell Oil Company for alleged Clean Air Act violation. Shell [Deer Park Refinery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park_Refinery "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_County,_Texas "Harris County, Texas"), which ranked among the lowest in the nation in several measures of air quality.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-ABC-31) According to [Sierra Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club "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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_protection_agency "Environmental protection agency") emissions limits.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-Reuters-32) 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."[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-33) ### Polybutylene lawsuit \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Polybutylene lawsuit")\] Between 1978 and 1995, Shell Oil produced [polybutylene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybutylene "Polybutylene") pipes, which corrode when exposed to chlorine. A [class action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action "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.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-canada-34) The settlement required Shell Oil to pay for the re-installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through May 2009.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-pipe-35) ### Campaign violations \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Campaign violations")\] About 6,000 Shell workers and contractors were instructed to attend a [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "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.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-37) Federal law prohibits a corporation from making a contribution.[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_note-38) 1. [Avery D. Andrews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_D._Andrews "Avery D. Andrews"), 1922– 2. William H. Allen, 1922– 3. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Deterding "Henri 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Spaght "Monroe Spaght"), 1961–1966 9. Richard C. McCurdy, 1966–1971 10. Denis B. Kemball-Cook, 1971–1976 11. [John Frank Bookout Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frank_Bookout_Jr. "John Frank Bookout Jr."), 1976– ### Chairman of the Board \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shell_USA&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Chairman of the Board")\] 1. [Henri W. A. Deterding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Deterding "Henri Deterding"), 1924–1937 2. [Frederick Godber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Godber,_1st_Baron_Godber "Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber"), 1937–1946 3. Sir George Legh-Jones, 1946–1951 4. Sir Francis Hopwood, 1951–1958 5. [John Hugo Loudon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hugo_Loudon "John Hugo Loudon"), 1958–1965 6. [David H. Barran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Barran "David Barran"), 1971–1972 7. G. A. Wagner, 1972–1977 8. Dirk De Bruyne, 1977–1985 9. [Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_Christiaan_van_Wachem "Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem"), 1985– - [Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Shell_ethylene_cracker_plant "Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant") - [Petroleum geology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_geology "Petroleum geology") - [Fred Meissner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Meissner "Fred Meissner"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Explorationist, Professor Colorado School of Mines - [M. King Hubbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._King_Hubbert "M. King Hubbert"), Shell Laboratories, Petroleum Geologist, created the [Hubbert peak theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak_theory "Hubbert peak theory") model of [oil depletion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_depletion "Oil depletion") - [Geophysics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysics "Geophysics") - [List of automotive fuel brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_fuel_brands "List of automotive fuel brands") 1. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_ref-1) Sarnoff, By Nancy (September 20, 2016). ["Namesake tenant departing One Shell Plaza"](http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Namesake-tenant-departing-One-Shell-Plaza-9235491.php). Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 29, 2017. 2. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_USA#cite_ref-2) ["Revenue and Financial Reports"](http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/oil-gas/shell-oil-company/company-overview.aspx). www.vault.com. 3. 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