Royal Dutch Shell - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Royal Dutch Shell M&A Summary

Royal Dutch Shell has acquired 11 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 18 assets.

Royal Dutch Shell’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired BG Group for $72.4B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2017, when it sold Royal Dutch Shell - UK North Sea Assets to Chrysaor Holdings for $3.8B. Royal Dutch Shell has acquired in 4 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include oil/gas exploration (37%) and renewable energy (28%).

Royal Dutch Shell Business Overview

Where is Royal Dutch Shell headquartered?

Royal Dutch Shell is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Royal Dutch Shell’s revenue?

Royal Dutch Shell disclosed revenue of 261,504M USD for 2021 and 180,543M USD for 2020.

How many employees does Royal Dutch Shell have?

Royal Dutch Shell has 82,000 employees.

What sector is Royal Dutch Shell in?

Royal Dutch Shell is an oil/gas exploration company.

When was Royal Dutch Shell founded?

Royal Dutch Shell was founded in 1907.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity29
    • M&A Buy Activity11
    • M&A Sell Activity18
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 22

Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc

Shell Centre, 2 York Road,
London, SE1 7NA
United Kingdom,
+44 80 0731 8888
www.shell.com

Royal Dutch Shell is an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company. Royal Dutch Shell was founded in 1907 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 7 - 1 3 - - 11
vol $77.1B $2.1B $79.2B
Sell (0.8/yr) # 14 1 3 - - - 18
vol $7.0B $541M $759M $8.3B
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Royal Dutch Shell plc - Kaybob Duvernay Assets 2021-02-17 684M CAD Divestiture
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Royal Dutch Shell plc - U.S. Appalachia Assets 2020-05-04 541M USD Divestiture
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Oil/Gas Exploration 4 (36%) 79.2B (100%) 13 (72%) 8.3B (100%)
Renewable Energy 3 (27%) - - -
Chemicals - - 2 (11%) -
Retail - - 2 (11%) -
Electrical Equipment 1 (9%) - - -
Software 1 (9%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (9%) - - -
Utilities 1 (9%) - - -
Consumer Services - - 1 (6%) -
Total 11 $79.2B 18 $8.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 4.7B 4 1.6B
  California 1 - 1 1.0B
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  West Virginia 1 4.7B - -
  Tennessee 1 - - -
  New York - - 1 541M
  Alabama - - 1 75M
United Kingdom 2 72.4B 1 3.8B
Canada - - 2 1.0B
  British Columbia - - 1 1.0B
  Alberta - - 1 -
China - - 2 150M
Denmark 1 2.1B 1 -
Germany 1 - 1 -
Netherlands - - 2 684M
Australia 1 - - -
Hungary - - 1 -
India 1 - - -
Indonesia 1 - - -
Malaysia - - 1 -
Mexico - - 1 965M
Philippines - - 1 -
Thailand - - 1 -
Domestic 2 (18%) 72.4B (91%) 1 (6%) 3.8B (46%)
Cross-border 9 (82%) 6.8B (9%) 17 (94%) 4.5B (54%)
Total 11 $79.2B 18 $8.3B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $79.2B
TOTAL $79.2B
Largest BG Group plc
$72.4B (2015-04-08)
sell # Total
> $1B 3 $5.8B
$100M to $1B 4 $2.3B
< $100M 1 $75M
TOTAL $8.3B
Largest Royal Dutch Shell - UK North Sea Assets
$3.8B (2017-01-31)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
36%
4 (36%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
6%
1 (6%)
Strategic(s)
94%
17 (94%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Oil/Gas Exploration

Revenue

261,504   45% 2021
180,543   48% 2020
344,877   12% 2019
388,379   28% 2018
305,179   31% 2017
233,591   2016
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Employees

82,000

Established

1907

Public

NYSE: RDS

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