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Shell Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. Shell has operated in Australia since 1901, initially delivering bulk fuel into Australia, then establishing storage and distribution terminals, oil refineries, and a network of service stations. It extended its Australian activities to oil exploration, petrochemicals and coal mining, and became a leading partner in Australia's largest resource development project, the North West Shelf Venture. In August 2014, Shell sold its downstream business in Australia, including its Geelong refinery and 870 retail sites, along with its bulk fuels, bitumen, chemicals and part of its lubricants businesses to Vitol, for A$2.9 billion. Aside from its aviation fuel business which was retained, Shell's remaining Australian activities are in upstream businesses, comprising exploration, liquified natural gas (LNG) and onshore coal seam gas. The only major facility Shell has under direct operation in Australia is Noble Clyde Boudreaux drill-rig currently drilling the seven development wells on Prelude gas field in Timor sea.〔http://www.afr.com/business/construction/shell-begins-drilling-at-prelude-floating-lng-20130916-jh44a〕 Shell holds large reserves in the North West Shelf, Gorgon, Browse Basin, onshore coal seam gas Surat and Bowen Basin in Queensland. It also maintains a substantial exploration portfolio in Australia with major representation in permits and reserves offshore Western Australia and the Northern Territory. A new head office in Perth, Western Australia is due to open in January 2016〔http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/finding/commercial-investment/office/31630-shell-australia-expands-floor-space-in-perth-s-ks2.html〕 ==History== Shell's involvement in Australia began in 1901 when bulk fuel handling facilities commissioned by the 'Shell' Transport and Trading Company of London at Gore Bay, Sydney and on leased land in Melbourne, near Williamstown Railway Station. The arrival of the ship ''Turbo'' on 3 June was the first ever delivery of bulk kerosene to Australia. In 1905 the Shell Transport and Trading Company and the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company established the British Imperial Oil Company Ltd in Australia as a joint venture. In 1916, Shell began bulk delivery to garages equipped with pumps. In 1926 it acquired the Neptune Oil company; a year later the British Imperial Oil Company Ltd was renamed The Shell Company of Australia Limited, and in 1928 it purchased the Clyde oil refinery in Sydney. In 1954, Shell opened its second oil refinery in Geelong, and in 1959 established a detergent alkylate plant at Geelong and a petrochemical plant at Clyde. Its oil development arm was very active in the 1960s exploring large areas of onshore Australia as well as offshore opportunities. In 1984, domestic sales of LNG from the North West Shelf began, and a year later, Shell and its joint venture partners signed a sales and purchase agreement for North West Shelf LNG with eight Japanese electricity and gas utilities. By this stage Shell had increased its holding in joint venture operator Woodside Petroleum from 21% to 40%. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shell Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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