oil and gas founded 1911 ; 105 years ago 1911 in montr al quebec canada headquarters calgary alberta canada key people michael crothers president and country chair products petroleum petrochemical products revenue c 14.394 billion 2013 parent royal dutch shell website www.shell.ca shell canada limited french shell canada limit e is the subsidiary of anglo dutch royal dutch shell and one of canada s largest integrated oil companies . exploration and production of oil natural gas and sulphur is a major part of its business as well as the marketing of gasoline and related products through the company s approximately 1 800 stations across canada . after a global reorganization by the european parent shell s north american operations are controlled by shell energy north america which is headquartered in houston texas . shell energy north america s canadian operational unit shell canada maintains a regional corporate office in calgary alberta . shell canada also maintains a major office in toronto on . contents 1 history 2 management and employees 3 refineries 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit a shell station on the corner of vedder road & luckakuck way in chilliwack british columbia . shell canada s shares were originally independently traded on the toronto stock exchange . the company was 78 % owned by royal dutch shell which in 2006 launched an 8.7 billion takeover of the 22 % of shell canada that it didn t own . in march 2007 the shareholders of shell canada ltd. accepted a 45.00 per share cash offer from royal dutch shell plc. 1 this acquisition was primarily driven by the desire of the parent company to take total control of its canadian division s unconventional resources specifically the tar sands . the move was unanimously approved by the independent members of the board of directors . 2 in 2003 royal dutch shell had appointed a british executive and former chairman of shell in the uk clive mather as president and ceo of shell canada . as a consequence of the stock acquisition by royal dutch shell all shell canada executives holding stock options benefitted . shell canada announced on mr mather s retirement from the company shortly after the acquisition was completed that his total pay package for his final year 2007 07 was 4.9 million including bonuses stock options and pension contributions and that on leaving the company mr. mather was additionally eligible for a lump sum payment equal to his annual gross salary . his total benefit in that year was therefore 9.8 million of which some 5 million was from exercised stock options 3 making him one of the highest remunerated employees in royal dutch shell . in 2006 shell canada acquired the tar sand developer blackrock ventures inc. for c 2.4 billion . as a part of this deal shell acquired the orion oil sands project near cold lake alberta . in may 2012 shell announced that it has put the project up for sale . 4 management and employees edit shell station in edmonton alberta shell station in ontario current shell canada directors are michael crothers president and country chair andrew dueck vice president and controller andrew harris vice president barry tyndall vice president general counsel and assistant secretary and zoe yujnovich executive vice president . 5 in october 2008 shell canada limited was named one of canada s top 100 employers by mediacorp canada inc. and was featured in maclean s newsmagazine . later that month shell canada was also named one of alberta s top employers which was announced by the calgary herald 6 and the edmonton journal . 7 8 refineries edit scotford upgrader and refinery 100 000 bbl d 16 000 m3 d 9 corunna refinery 75 000 bbl d 11 900 m3 d 10 montreal east refinery 161 000 bbl d 25 600 m3 d closed in 2010 see also edit canadian environment awards references edit tsx news release 19 march 2007 the guardian shell annual report shell puts orion oil sands project in alberta up for sale . fox news channel . dow jones newswires . 2012 06 05 . retrieved 2012 06 05 . leadership shell canada . shell canada limited . retrieved september 26 2016 . calgary herald alberta s top 40 places to work october 18 2008 . edmonton journal alberta s best focus on attracting keeping staff october 31 2008 . reasons for selection 2009 canada s top 100 employers competition . scotford . retrieved june 15 2016 . shell manufacturing centre . retrieved june 15 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to shell petrol stations in canada . shell canada official website shell.com the royal dutch shell group of companies v t e royal dutch shell divisions and subsidiaries current asiatic petroleum company shell australia shell canada shell chemicals shell gas & power ireland shell nigeria shell oil company shell pakistan former mexican eagle petroleum company joint ventures current aera energy albian sands brunei lng motiva enterprises oman lng pearl gtl sakhalin energy former cellana shell mex and bp brands jiffy 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