Piping Profits

Piping Profits

PWYP Norway can reveal that ten of the world’s most powerful oil, gas and mining companies own 6,038 subsidiaries and over a third of them are based in secrecy jurisdictions. The three Norwegian companies mapped own 55 subsidiaries, 20% of which are based in secrecy jurisdictions. On these pages you will find more information about this project, the detrimental effects of secrecy jurisdictions and how these can be tackled. The database is publicly available and can be explored here.

Due to lack of resources, it will not be continually updated, but nevertheless represents an excellent snapshot of extractive industries and their subsidiaries in 2011. The Piping Profits database includes information on the 13 case studies and their 6,093 subsidiaries, containing details of:

  • The Parent Company
  • The Subsidiary Name
  • The location in which the subsidiary is incorporated
  • The percentage of the subsidiary owned by the parent company

Below it is possible to search in the database by company, country and/or subsidiary, and using the buttons below the list of findings, it is possible to export the data to Excel.

Company Country Subsidiary Percent owned
Shell (Downstream) China Yanchang and Shell Petroleum Company Limited 45.00
Shell (Downstream) Germany Wasserbesch Verb Wesseling-Hersel 35.00
Shell (Downstream) Germany Min Oelraff Oberrh Verw Gmbh 32.00
Shell (Downstream) United Kingdom Manchester Airport Storage and Hydrant Company Limited 25.00
Shell (Corporate) Cayman Islands Shell Upstream Gabon Cayman Holdings No 3 100.00
Shell (Corporate) United Kingdom BURMAH-SHELL OIL STORAGE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF INDIA LIMITED 50.00
Shell (Upstream International) Netherlands Shell Egypt Nile Delta B V 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Netherlands Shell Azerbaijan Exploration and Production B V 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) New Zealand Southern Petroleum (Services) Limited 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) United Kingdom Shell UK Limited 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Malaysia Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad 72.00
Shell (Upstream International) Malaysia Kebebangan Petroleum Operating Company SDN BHD 30.00
Shell (Upstream International) Bermuda Shell South Syria Exploration Ltd 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Germany Shell Deepwater Exploration Morocco GMBH 100.00
Shell (Corporate) Singapore Shell Singapore Trustees (Pte) Ltd 100.00
Shell (Corporate) United Kingdom Thermocomfort Limited 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Netherlands Shell Exploration Venture Services B V 100.00
Shell (Corporate) Netherlands B V Nederlandse Internationale Industrie-en Handel Maatschappu 100.00
Shell (Corporate) United Kingdom Shell Corporate Director Limited 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Netherlands Shell Upstream Gas Holdings B V 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Netherlands Shell Windenergy B V 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Norway Risavika Nybygg AS 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) United Kingdom Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited 100.00
Shell (Upstream International) Italy Ionio Gas S R L 50.00
Shell (Upstream International) Italy Societa Italiana per Loleodotto Transalpino S P A 24.00
Shell (Upstream International) Germany Shell Tunisia Metouia GMBH 100.00
Shell (Corporate) United Kingdom Shell Treasury Centre Limited 100.00
Shell (Corporate) Bermuda Shell Oman Trading Limited 100.00
Shell (Corporate) Malaysia Shell People Services Asia Sdn Bhd 100.00
Shell (Corporate) Netherlands Shell Shared Services (Asia) B V 100.00
  • Number of subsidiaries: 6093