Anwar AL MUTLAQ

Vice-President and Country Chair

SHELL KUWAIT

The Al Nokhatha offshore field is a significant milestone for Kuwait’s upstream segment and will be an attractive investment opportunity for IOCs.
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Shell In Figures

Proved oil and gas reserves (2024):9.62 billion boe

Oil and gas production (2024):2.84 million boepd

Free cash flow (2024):USD 39.5 billion

Capital expenditure (2024):USD 19.6 billion

Shell

Shell is one of the world’s largest energy and petrochemical companies, with operations in more than 70 countries and a workforce of more than 90,000 employees. The company has expertise in exploration, production, refining and petrochemicals, and the marketing of oil and natural gas. Shell also invests in power, renewable energy, electric vehicle charging and low-carbon transport fuels.

Shell’s operations are divided into four business lines:

  • Integrated gas and upstream: Exploration and extraction of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in conventional and unconventional fields and the conversion of gas to liquids and other products
  • Downstream: Operation of 46,000 service stations and the provision of products across 160 countries
  • Renewables and energy solutions: Solutions including electric-vehicle charging; low-carbon fuels; wind, solar and natural gas power; carbon credits; and carbon capture and storage
  • Projects and technology: Delivery of projects, research and innovation; the provision of technical services for its businesses; and leadership in HSE, procurement, well activities and greenhouse gas management

Shell’s goal is to provide more and cleaner energies to improve standards of living across the world while tackling climate change and the energy transition. For nearly 50 years, the company has committed itself to sustainable development and has continuously sought to balance economic, environmental and social considerations across all areas of its decision-making.

Shell News and Interviews

Shell divests US Gulf assets for $1.7 billion
NEWS
USA - July 02, 2026

Shell has agreed to sell its interest in the Na Kika platform and the Coulomb tieback to Talos Energy and Ridgewood Energy for…

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Equinor and partners invest to raise Troll gas output
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Norway - June 22, 2026

Equinor and partners have approved a $400-million investment to increase gas production from Norway’s offshore Troll field and…

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Angola’s ANPG begins a new cycle to prepare the country for the future of energy - ANG26 - Nicole MVUAYI - ANPG
Articles
Angola - June 15, 2026

Angola's ANPG has expanded its mandate to the natural gas midstream and adopted a new corporate identity to reflect its…

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A new opening for African gas - AFR26 - Julius D. RONE - UTM Offshore
Interview
Nigeria - June 15, 2026

Julius D. Rone of UTM Offshore talks about shifts in energy security priorities and new opportunities for African energy…

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Hisham EL GRAWANY Vice-President, Egypt Market Manager, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Energy Systems DNV
Interview
Egypt - April 15, 2016

Hisham El Grawany, the area manager of North Africa at DNV GL, sat down with TOGY to discuss the company’s role in some of Egypt’s mega-projects as well as…

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Iraqi gas pipeline inaugurated
NEWS
Iraq - April 14, 2016

Officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Oil inaugurated a gas pipeline from Khor Al Zubair in Basra province to Dhi Qar’s Nasiriyah on Wednesday. The conduit, covering a…

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CEOs stress efficiency at LNG event
NEWS
Australia - April 12, 2016

The 18th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas got underway in Perth on Tuesday. In his presentation, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden highlighted…

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New Myanmar energy minister appointed
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Myanmar - April 07, 2016

Aung San Suu Kyi relinquished her post at the Ministry of Energy and Electric Power on Thursday after Myanmar’s Lower House earlier this week approved a plan to have…

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Chevron’s Gorgon LNG offline
NEWS
Australia - April 06, 2016

Mechanical problems have halted output at the USD 54-billion Gorgon LNG plant in Australia, Chevron announced on Wednesday. The outage comes two weeks after the…

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Shell withdraws from Norway round
NEWS
Norway - April 04, 2016

Shell has abandoned its plans to see Norway’s latest bid round through, the company said on Monday, withdrawing its application. Announced in March, the auction saw…

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Petrobras confirms job cuts
NEWS
Brazil - April 04, 2016

Brazil’s oil major Petrobras over the weekend confirmed its intention to shed as many as 12,000 jobs in an effort to realise savings of more than USD 9 billion.…

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Interview
Gabon - April 1, 2016

Charles Tchen, general manager of Independent Petroleum Consultants (IPC), talks to TOGY about Gabon’s gas supplies, investing to recover mature fields, as well as the…

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Dutch investigators visit Shell HQ
NEWS
Nigeria - March 30, 2016

Dutch anti-fraud investigators from the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service have recently visited Shell headquarters in The Hague to investigate a Nigerian oil…

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