Interactive Brochure Graduate Programme

LIFE AT SHELLClick to Watch“The programmeprovided me withcross-cultural andcross-functionalexperience, givingthat edge to mycareer development.”JJ, Contract & Procurement Specialist– Surface, ChinaOur global businessesShell works in more than 70 countries andterritories, and employs around 87,000 people.Those people work across a diversity of Shellcompanies, grouped, broadly, as Upstream,Downstream and Projects and Technology.Our Upstream businesses comprise UpstreamAmericas – USA, Canada and Brazil – andUpstream International, which has majorinterests in Europe, Asia, the Middle East,Russia, Australia, Oceania and Africa.Upstream refers to the ways we find andextract crude oil, natural gas and bitumen,while Downstream refers to the ways wetransform them into products for sale toretail and commercial customers.We provide gas for cooking, heatingand electrical power; fuels and lubricantsfor transport; and chemical productsfor plastics, coatings, detergents andmany other appliances.Businesses within our Downstream organisationturn crude oil into refined petrochemicalproducts which are traded, marketed anddistributed globally. These include conventionalfuels, lubricants, bitumen and biofuels.Our Projects and Technology organisationprovides technical services and technologycapabilities in Upstream and Downstreamactivities. It manages the delivery of projectsand helps to improve performance acrossthe company.We also recruit graduates to work across Shellcorporate functions, such as Finance, Legal,Human Resources, Safety and Environment,Contracting and Procurement, InformationTechnology, Government Relations, CO 2 , ITand Sustainable Development.3