Energy company and LNG buyer
Appears in 6 stories · Last updated Nov 9, 2026
Running a separate drone-in-a-box program on Gulf floating platforms
A drone can now legally fly from the Louisiana shoreline to an oil platform in the Gulf of America without a human watching it the whole way. The Federal Aviation Administration gave Skyways that authorization on November 9, the first time it has allowed a long-range, beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight from the US coast out over open water.
Updated 2 days ago
Holder of a 20-year Plaquemines sales and purchase agreement
On October 31, 2026, Venture Global declared commercial operations at the first phase of its Plaquemines LNG terminal in Louisiana, 53 months after the project's May 2022 final investment decision. The first cargo under a long-term contract left the next morning at 3:26 a.m. aboard the carrier Malaga Knutsen, lifted by Shell.
Updated Nov 2
As of September 2026: Brand and license holder
A Shell station at 3554 W North Avenue in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood passed its city inspection on August 31 and received a Chicago business license on September 15. The license permits food and drink preparation, fresh produce, perishable and non-perishable food, general merchandise, and CBD-infused products — the convenience-store bundle modern stations layer on top of fuel sales.
Updated Sep 25
As of September 2026: Acquirer; now the owner of ARC Resources as an indirect subsidiary
Shell closed its $16.5 billion takeover of ARC Resources on September 2, giving the British oil major 370,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from western Canada's Montney basin. ARC shareholders receive CAD $8.20 cash plus 0.40247 Shell shares for each ARC share they owned.
Updated Sep 4
As of July 2026: Seller, exiting South African downstream
Shell has sold fuel in South Africa for more than a century. On July 7, 2026, it agreed to hand its entire retail and downstream network there to a state oil company from Abu Dhabi.
Updated Jul 8
As of May 2026: Announced major Gulf oil discovery in January 2026; active bidder in Trump-era lease auctions
Donald Trump's second-term energy agenda has moved from a single Gulf auction to a full-scale offshore transformation. The December 10 Gulf lease sale—81.2 million acres at a 12.5% royalty rate, generating $279.4 million—was just the opening move. By year's end, the administration had proposed a sweeping 2026-2031 leasing plan covering 1.27 billion acres off California, Florida and Alaska, and scheduled a second Gulf sale for March 11, 2026. It simultaneously halted all five major East Coast offshore wind projects, citing national security risks; Shell-INEOS's early January oil discovery south of New Orleans showed the industry's bet on deepwater Gulf prospects.
Updated May 10
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