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Sorry about the dearth (wordsmart word) of posts these last 2 weeks. Been away and busy. But today I was searching the news feed for a good Dutch story. Let's see; Dutch National Soccer coach steps down, nah, Forest boy really Dutch citizen, maybe later, oh, Royal Dutch Shell.... wait like Shell Gasoline?

Remember when I did an article about Dutch companies? Well how about a company I had no idea was Dutch. A Huge Gasoline Company. BP is British; Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConoccoPhillips are American; Total S.A. is French; But who knew Shell was the shortened name for the Royal Dutch Shell company.

Shell, founded in 1907 and headquartered in The Hague, is the 5th largest company in the world and 2nd largest Energy company. Shell operates in over 90 countries producing 3.1 million barells of oil daily with 44,000 stations worldwide.

The name "Shell" actual came from when The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company merged with a British company (The Shell Transport and Trading Company). The Shell company was founded by two brothers who named it after their father's company that had imported/exported sea shells. In 1952 Shell was the first company in the Netherlands to install and use a computer. As of 2011 the company employess over 90,000 people.
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