News and Media Releases - 2008

Shell Energy North America signs purchase agreement to acquire Enspire Energy’s assets

· First Dominion wind facility in growing renewable portfolio · Generating wind energy for customers in mid-Atlantic · Largest wind operation in Shell’s wind portfolio

Royal Dutch Shell Named Energy Company of the Year At Platts Global Energy Awards Ceremony

Expanded facilities position Shell to meet increased demand for training while preserving the company’s business continuity and emergency response capabilities

Shell Sponsors Lone Star Rally “Ride to Rebuild” Galveston Island. Shell Gift Cards to be distributed.

Shell Drills World’s Deepest Offshore Well. First production from Perdido is expected around the turn of the decade

Motiva reaches milestone in refinery expansion project; delivery of coker furnace cells marks an important step in expanding the Port Arthur Refinery to the largest in the United States.

$2,395,000 charitable donation announced by Shell Houston Open Officials. Total of Houston Golf Association’s golf-related charity fundraising tops $51.6 million.

Couple Breaks Guinness World Record for U.S. Fuel Efficiency

Shell Offers New Cardholders a Savings of 38 Cents per Gallon. The new Shell Platinum MasterCard Holders Save at the Pump and Beyond.

Shell Notifies Employees of Internal Data Misuse by Contractor. Shell has taken steps to notify current and former US employees of a misuse of some employee data.

Registration Open for 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas™. Fuel Efficiency Challenge to Take Place Spring 2009 and Feature All-New “Urban-Concept” Category.

Bob Pease, former President of Shell Trading (US) Company, has been named President and CEO of Motiva Enterprises LLC, a refining and marketing joint venture owned by affiliates of Shell and Aramco Services. He replaces Bill Welte, who will retire November 1.

Shell and WESTCARB Participate in Carbon Capture and Storage Project, which includes a $1 million contribution from Shell and aims at reducing CO2 emissions.

Urgent Notice for Shell-branded Credit Card Holders. Natural Disaster Assistance Procedures have been implemented by Citigroup for cardholders impacted by Hurricane Ike.

Shell and Motiva Contribute $4M to Recovery Efforts in the Gulf Coast. Shell and Motiva have also provided fuel to emergency response organizations across the affected areas and are actively supporting recovery efforts with volunteers.

Shell Announces Six New Biofuels Research Agreements. Part of a growing program of agreements designed to complement Shell’s own biofuels research and development, and to accelerate results.

Couple Sets out to Break Guinness World Record for Lowest Fuel Consumption Across the Continental United States. 2009 Jetta TDI clean diesel selected as vehicle of choice.

Shell Oil Company Earns Top Marks in 2009 Corporate Equality Index; Shell Earns a Score of 100 in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Seventh Annual Index.

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® announces the successful launch of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Futures and Options contracts

Shell Trading (US) Company Launches Customer Lease Web Site. Effort maximizes efficiency and secure customer access 24/7.

Shell Celebrates Harley-Davidson's 105th Anniversary. Shell NASCAR Driver Clint Bowyer, Chopper Chicks to be Part of Celebration.

New Survey Shows Vehicle Health Shares Front Seat with Personal Health. First-of-its-kind Research Reinforces Importance of Regular Check-Ups.

Shell Kicks off Third Quarter with All-new "Stop Gunky Build-up" Fuels Campaign. Campaign Continues to Educate Motorists that "All Gasolines are Not the Same."

Shell opens Los Angeles' first combined hydrogen and gasoline station. The new station joins the 'hydrogen highway,' and gives consumers a taste of the future.

Shell Announces Major Modernization Project for Westhollow Technology Center in Houston. Renovated Campus Will Become Shell Technology Center - Americas.

Help for Shell credit card holders in recent Midwest floods.

For the third consecutive year, Shell V-Power Diesel race fuel has powered the Audi Sport team to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. This latest victory demonstrates again the power and performance of Shell V-Power Diesel technology embodied in the winning fuel.

Massive hull of new oil production facility heads for Gulf of Mexico. The race is on to produce tomorrow's oil from new and more hostile frontier environments. The construction of the hull of one of the world's deepest oil production facilities is now complete and today it started to make its 8,200 mile journey from the shipyard in Pori, Finland, to Ingleside, Texas.

Shell Contributes $500,000 to Healthy Lands Initiative. The program conserves natural habitats, sustains wildlife, benefits local economies and communities.

Simple ways to increase fuel efficiency and save at the pump.

Shell Signs Agreement with AMO Union to Add U.S. Officers to Shell's International LNG Fleet. Signing ceremony marks significant development in Shell’s ongoing recruitment drive.

Shell Signs Agreement with AMO Union to Add U.S. Officers to Shell’s International LNG Fleet

2007 Daytona 500 Champ, Kevin Harvick, Takes Detour on the Way to Talladega NASCAR Race. Harvick Visits Shell Oil Company Offshore Platform “Brutus.”

Student-built prototype vehicle breaks mileage record at 2008 Shell Eco-Marathon™ Americas. Mater Dei’s 2,843.4 mpg achievement stretches boundaries of fuel efficiency.

The New York State Department of State issues a negative consistency determination in Broadwater Energy’s Coastal Zone Management Act application.

2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas welcomes 36 teams from the U.S., Canada and Mexico as they prepare to help the world use less fuel.

New Cardholders "Earn 25 Cents Per Gallon" On The Purchase of 100 Gallons of Gasoline By Using Shell Gasoline Card

Shell and Virent Energy Systems, Inc., (Virent(TM)) of Madison, Wisconsin USA, today announced a joint research and development effort to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol.

Shell “Autotude” Survey reveals what people think about their vehicles and driving. The survey finds that more than 75 percent of Americans have bonded emotionally with their autos.

Shell Oil Company President John Hofmeister to Retire. Marvin Odum Named President and Continues as EVP of Exploration and Production.

Motiva to transition 86 Dallas-Fort Worth area Shell branded stations to Quik Way Retail Associates.

NOAA and the Shell Oil Company have signed a cooperative agreement to place meteorological and oceanographic observation sensors on seven Shell oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Shell announced today a new oil discovery at the Vicksburg prospect, which is in 7,500 feet of water in DeSoto Canyon blocks 353 and 397 and Mississippi Canyon block 393, in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGOM).

Shell to recruit U.S. Seafarers for International LNG Fleet for the First Time

Royal Dutch Shell plc is pleased to be the apparent high bidder on 275 lease blocks in the February 6th, 2008 US Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea, offshore northwest Alaska. Shells high bids totalled $2.1 billion USD.