Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc is a major energy company, one of the top four vertically integrated private sector oil/gas companies in the world (along with BP, ExxonMobil, and Total). Shell also has a significant petrochemicals business (Shell Chemicals) and an embryonic renewable energy sector developing wind and solar opportunities. Its corporate headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands, with legal headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

Origin of the name and logo

The origin of the brand name Shell is linked to the origins of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company. In 1833, the founder's father, also Marcus Samuel, had himself founded an import-export business to sell seashells to London collectors. When collecting seashell specimens in the Caspian Sea area in 1892, the younger Samuel realised there was potential in exporting lamp oil from the region and commissioned the world's first purpose built oil tanker, the Murex, to enter this market. By 1907 the company had a fleet of oil tankers.

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1833 - Seashell - Caspian Sea - 1892 - Oil tanker - 1907

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The Shell emblem is one of the most familiar commercial symbols in the world. Known as the "Pecten" after the sea shell on which its design is based (the giant scallop, Pecten maximus), the latest version of the logo was designed by Raymond Loewy and introduced in 1971.

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Scallop - Raymond Loewy

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