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HIGHLIGHTS
The energy challenge
How the world’s energy system changes over the next half century will matter a lot to all of us, and to our children and grandchildren even more. Shell is committed to playing its part in building a responsible energy future.
About Shell
We are a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies, operating in more than 110 countries and employing approximately 104,000 people.
Climate change
Finding ways to manage GHG emissions is one of the most important long-term challenges facing society. The 2007 assessment by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for example, confirmed, now with near certainty, that man-made climate change is happening.
Future energy scenarios
So, how will the world respond to the challenge? Shell’s Strategic Energy Scenarios describe two routes the energy system could take between now and 2050.
Difficult oil
In both our scenarios, harder-to-extract oil – from the deep ocean, remote areas such as the Arctic, and from oil sands – is needed to fill the supply gap that opens up around 2015. Using our technology and skills to help deliver this difficult or frontier oil, and doing it in environmentally responsible ways, is central to our business strategy.
Winning business with cleaner products
Turning oil into cleaner, lower-CO2 products is another important part of building a responsible energy future and of our strategy. We are harnessing our people’s creativity and technical strength to provide our customers with a wide range of more sustainable products.
