the u.s. division . for the parent company see royal dutch shell . for the canadian oil company of the same trademark see shell canada . shell oil company type subsidiary industry oil and gas founded 1912 ; 104 years ago 1912 u.s. headquarters houston texas united states key people marvin e. odum president revenue us 2.147 billion 2008 1 number of employees 92 000 2014 2 parent royal dutch shell website www.shell.us one shell plaza shell oil company s headquarters in houston . shell oil company is the united states based subsidiary of royal dutch shell a multinational oil major of anglo dutch origins which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world . approximately 22 000 shell employees are based in the u.s. the u.s. head office is in houston texas . shell oil company including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies is one of america s largest oil and natural gas producers natural gas marketers gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers . shell is the market leader through approximately 25 000 shell branded gas stations in the u.s. which also serve as shell s most visible public presence . shell oil company is 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 . 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 shell gas sign also in phoenix a shell gas station near lost hills california shell products include oils fuels and car services as well as exploration production and refining of petroleum products . 3 the shell oil refinery in martinez california the first shell refinery in the united states supplies shell and texaco stations in the west and midwest . 4 shell gasolines previously included the ru2000 and su2000 lines later there was a su2000e but they have been superseded by the v power line . 5 in 1997 shell and texaco entered into two refining marketing joint ventures .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 combined the eastern and gulf coast operations of shell oil and star enterprise itself a joint venture between saudi aramco and texaco . 6 after texaco merged with chevron in 2001 shell purchased texaco s shares in the joint ventures . 7 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 . . 8 in the year 2016 shell nederland raffinaderij bv shell pernis said that it has started a new aromatics unit at the large pernis refinery in rotterdam the netherlands . 9 contents 1 relationship with royal dutch shell 2 subsidiaries 3 legal issues 3.1 environmental 3.2 polybutylene lawsuit 4 see also 5 notes 6 references 7 external links relationship with royal dutch shell edit logos used by the shell oil company between 1900 and 1999 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 . 10 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 a closer control of shell oil s affairs was exercised by the parent companies . 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 companies took a more hands on approach in running the business . the logo used in the united states is the same as that used elsewhere since june 1 1998 . 11 subsidiaries edit aera energy joint venture with exxonmobil operating in california . motiva enterprises joint venture with saudi refining . shell development emeryville research facility that operated from 1928 1966 in california . pennzoil legal issues edit environmental edit 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 update it was listed as high priority violator since 2008 . 12 13 in 2008 a lawsuit was filed against shell oil company for alleged clean air act violation . shell deer park facility 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 . news 1 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 . 14 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 . 15 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 . 16 the settlement required shell oil to pay for the re installation of piping for millions of houses for claims filed through may 2009 . 17 see also edit houston portal united states portal companies portal energy portal petroleum geology fred meissner shell laboratories petroleum explorationist professor colorado school of mines m. king hubbert shell laboratories petroleum geologist created the hubbert peak theory model of oil depletion motiva enterprises notes edit donovan john . reporter . abc news . royal dutch shell . retrieved september 6 2011 . references edit revenue and financial reports . www.hoovers.com . who we are . www.shell.com . products and services . shell oil company . retrieved february 27 2012 . about shell martinez refinery . shell oil company . retrieved august 27 2016 . holusha john april 12 1990 . shell offers a new gasoline in 10 cities to aid air quality . the new york times . retrieved may 23 2010 . aspects of the refining marketing joint ventures of shell oil star enterprises and texaco . u.s. energy information administration . july 23 2001 . retrieved february 27 2012 . shell to brand new u.s. gas stations . houston business journal . bizjournals.com . february 8 2002 . trust your car to the man who wears the ... shell . wccb tv . may 8 2002 . retrieved february 27 2012 . shell starts new aromatics unit in netherlands . worldofchemicals . sep 17 2016 . retrieved february 19 2016 . thomas c. hayes december 13 1990 . shell oil shareholders awarded 110 million . the new york times . retrieved february 27 2012 . tyler priest 2007 . the offshore imperative shell oil s search for petroleum in postwar america . texas a & m university press . p. 272 . isbn 978 1 58544 568 4 . robert mcclure and lisa stiffler november 7 2011 . epa s high priority violators scattered across the northwest . npr . retrieved february 27 2012 . hsu nelson . poisoned places map . npr . retrieved february 27 2012 . seba erwin april 23 2009 . shell agrees to settle tx refinery pollution suit . reuters . retrieved february 27 2012 . http www.forbes.com sites robertwynne 2014 06 26 the public relations debate about global warming heats up 20 million settlement announced in class action with shell pdf press release . siskinds law firm . june 11 2004 . retrieved february 27 2012 . shell hoechst agree to pay 850 million . los angeles times . october 4 2005 . retrieved february 27 2012 . external links edit official website works by shell union oil corporation at project gutenberg works by shell 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