Shell sees its future with fewer, more integrated refineries yielding renewable fuels, hydrogen
11/30/2020
Royal Dutch Shell, hit by a $17.7 billion loss in the first nine-months of 2020 as Covid-19 slashed demand, will downsize to six refining-chemical integrated “parks” as part of a transition to lower carbon emission products. The company sees production of renewables, as well as green hydrogen, playing a major role in its long-term sustainability. The success of this change will depend on whether there would be enough demand for low-carbon emission products as well as supporting government policies. “As an industry we cannot simply supply lower carbon or more sustainable products if there is no demand,” said during a Reuters Events Downstream conference in late November Huibert Vigeveno, Shel
