The award is in recognition of Shell’s significant contributions toward the economic development of Louisiana and job creation.

Shell in Louisiana

Shell Oil Company is one of America's leading oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Shell is a leading oil and gas producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and is a recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology. Shell and its subsidiaries and affiliates operating in Louisiana explore, develop, produce, purchase, transport, market, and trade crude oil, refined oil, natural gas, electricity, gasoline, chemical products and provide technical and business services.

Headquartered in Houston, Shell Oil Company and its affiliates employ more than 3,500 people in Louisiana and together have interests in several major assets, including the Norco refinery, Convent refinery, Geismar chemical plant, numerous terminals, 3,614 miles of pipeline, and 16 offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Shell Pipeline Company LP operates an extensive network of company-owned and joint venture facilities which move crude oil from Gulf Of Mexico production wells to refineries in Louisiana, Texas, and the midwest. Major systems include Odyssey and Delta, which move crude primarily from the Eastern GOM to refineries in the New Orleans area, Mars and Amberjack which move Central Gulf crude to storage and pumping locations onshore for Texas and midwest refineries, and the Auger, Ship Shoal, and Central Gulf systems which move it to pumping locations for the midwest. Shell is also a major owner in LOOP, LLC, which is the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. All told, Shell moves about 1 million barrels of oil each day from the GOM to points on land. Shell also operates a network of products pipelines which move gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from refineries in the Norco area to Baton Rouge for connections to the Colonial and Plantation Pipelines, which then move the products to the northeastern United States totalling about 250,000 BPD. Shell operates an extensive chemical pipeline and underground storage system which moves ethylene between Louisiana and Texas, and various other chemicals and LPG's between Norco, Geismar, Baton Rouge, and the Sorrento underground storage facility. Large volumes of ethylene are also delivered to plants in the Lake Charles area.

Shell’s affiliated companies operating in Louisiana include Shell Chemical LP, CRI International Inc., Shell Exploration & Production Company (SEPCO), Shell International Exploration & Production (SIEP), Shell US Gas & Power, Shell Gas Transmission, Shell Pipeline Company LP, SOPUS Products, Shell’s lubricants business that includes the Jiffy Lube and Pennzoil Quaker State brands, Shell Oil Products US, Motiva Enterprises LLC, an alliance between Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining, Inc., and Shell Trading US Company.

Shell Community Projects Since Late-2005

• Conducted an airlift of relief supplies and food for animals at the Audubon Zoo in September 2005.
   
• Donated 9,000 gallons of fuel for New Orleans City emergency vehicles in September 2005. 
   
• On November 7, 2005 publicly announced Shell’s commitment to return displaced Shell staff to New Orleans in 2006. Supported announcement with newspaper ads and billboards. 
   
• Continues as the World Sponsor of America's Wetland, a relationship that started well before 2005. Shell sponsored the November 27, 2005 dinner for Senator Landrieu, the Dutch Ambassador and 250 area officials to help address wetlands preservation and water management. Shell subsequently participated in the delegation from Louisiana that visited the Netherlands to further pursue water management options. 
   
• Announced in December 2005 the timing of Shell’s return to the New Orleans Central Business District. 
   
• Donated $100,000 to GNO Inc. for their Hospital/Bio-Med initiative to help stabilize the region's medical care and medical training resources. 
   
• Returned the first 250 displaced staff to One Shell Square on January 30, 2006 with public ceremony and employee/public celebration at Lafayette Square. 
   
• Donated $500,000 to the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation for the housing initiative for first-responders (police, fire and EMS). 
   
• Donated $200,000 to the LSU/Shell Stewardship Initiative - a wetlands program consistent with Shell’s other wetlands initiatives. 
   
• Publicly supported federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Revenue Sharing for Louisiana and other impacted coastal states and communities. 
   
• Joint announcement on January 31, 2006 that Shell would be the first-ever Presenting Sponsor for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for 2006 and 2007. 
   
• Returned the remaining 750 Shell staff to One Shell Square on February 20. 
   
• Held a series of OCS revenue-sharing forums throughout the U.S., beginning in New Orleans in early May 2006. 
   
• Funded science labs at Shell’s partner school in New Orleans: McMain. Continuing to work with McMain and New Orleans area schools and National Science Research Center (NSRC) to promote new science curriculum for local schools. 
   
• Funded volunteer housing centers in Plaquemines and St Bernard (Camp Hope) Parishes.
   
• Provided funding for three 20-ton/day (each) industrial ice-making facilities, one installed in Cameron and two in Chalmette as a Southeast Louisiana hub. 
   
• In April 2007, Shell provided $250,000 in grants to approximately 50 fishermen as a pilot program for the Louisiana Fishing Industry Recovery Coalition's "Back to the Dock" recovery fund. 
   
• Sponsored the five Elder Musicians in Residence duplex units in the Musicians Village. 
   
• Major sponsor of Cafe Reconcile training program. 
   
• Grant of $500,000 for the National WW II Museum expansion in New Orleans. 
   
• On April 28, 2007, announced Shell’s extension as presenting sponsor of JazzFest through the 2010 event. 
   
• Ambassador Grant Program - Shell developed a way for employees to access $1,000 each in support of grassroots recovery programs. Employees were encouraged to partner with other employees and had to have sweat equity in the project. Examples include employees from Shell’s Ursa offshore facility donating $69,000 and working to build a Habitat for Humanity home in Thibodeaux; $19,000 for the Saint Francis Animal Sanctuary and $25,000 for New Orleans Public Library; and $28,000 for Sister Servants of Mary Order and two schools in St. Bernard Parish (Chalmette High and Andrew Jackson Elementary). 
   
• A $1 million grant to Louisiana ArtWorks, a unique center and economic incubator for working artists of all mediums as well as a tourist destination to watch artists at work. Located at Lee Circle and Howard Avenue, a critical link to the New Orleans CBD recovery helping to anchor the Superdome/National WWII Museum/Warehouse District and Convention Center corridor with the Central City/Arts District/French Quarter/Faubourg Marigny corridor.