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Shell plc operates as a global energy and petrochemical enterprise, with its operations structured across Integrated Gas, Upstream, Oil Products, and Chemicals segments. The company's core activities include the exploration and extraction of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It also handles the marketing and transportation of these energy resources, produces gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels, and manages the critical infrastructure required to deliver natural gas to markets. Beyond production, Shell is involved in trading various commodities, such as natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, and carbon-emission rights, while also supplying LNG specifically as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and marine vessels. Furthermore, the company engages in the trading and refining of crude oil and other raw materials, yielding a broad spectrum of petroleum products including gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, marine fuel, biofuels, lubricants, bitumen, and sulfur. It manufactures and distributes petrochemicals for industrial applications, encompassing base chemicals like ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Shell also manages oil sands operations. Founded in 1907, the company, formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc until its name change in January 2022, maintains its headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.