Posted on January 30, 2010.
Shell Oil Company, the largest producers of oil and natural gas in the country Based in the United States, Shell Oil Company is affiliated with both Shell and Royal Dutch Shell Group of companies worldwide and focuses on providing affordable, socially and environmentally responsible energy sources for the consumer market .
The story of Shell, which started in 1833 by Marcus Samuel in a small antique shop in the East End of London, when this enterprising gentleman decided to extend its activities to include the shell while extremely popular East 's is now extended and transformed into a conglomerate of impressive proportions.
Beginning as the Shell Transport and Trading Company in 1897, the company merged with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company in 1907, and Shell Oil Company was subsequently established in the United States in 1912 by the Dutch Royal Group / Shell.
A mussel shell, described as the company logo in 1901, has been changed to a shell-Jacques / Pecten in 1904 and has undergone several changes before settling on its current design was created by famous designer Raymond Leowy in 1971.
The colors of the now famous red and yellow were chosen by the Shell Company first introduced in California in 1915, due to the strong connections of the Spanish state - the colors of Spain is red and yellow.
Shell Oil Company operations 49 states span the U.S. and employ more than 22,000 employees in Shell service stations in bands around 13,000 across the country.
Shell Oil Company is also a partner in joint enterprises on Motiva Gulf Coast, and holds 50% of the three Motiva refineries, which produce a daily average of 865,000 barrels of oil. The high viscosity index base oil plant owned by Motiva produces 22,500 barrels of oil per day. Motiva refines and markets branded products also through the United States and Southeast.
According to a study by Lundberg Survey, Inc. Shell Oil Company and Motiva to serve six million customers a day and sell an average of 19 billion gallons of gasoline per year.
Shell Oil Products U.S., also a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company, is one of the greatest leaders in the refining, transportation and marketing of fuels and a total of four refineries of its own based in Deer Park, Texas; Anacortes , Washington, Los Angeles and Martinez, California.
Shell Oil Company is now one of key figures in the oil industry and ranked No. 1 in branded stations. Recognized as a leading manufacturer of petrochemicals, it is also one of the largest producers of oil and natural gas in the country as well as a creature of the largest natural gas and gasoline marketing Today in the North American continent.