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1951

Shell Sponsors Scuderia Ferrari

1951

1949

Shell Italiana S.p.A Renaming and Restoration

1949

1948

Shell's Role as Main Supplier in WWI

1948

1945

Nafta Returned to Normal Activity

22 Oct 1945

Bombing of Shell's Danish headquarters

1945

1940

Italy's Entry into World War Two and Nafta Seizure

08 Aug 1940

Head Office Moved to Curaçao

1940

1939

World War II Impact on Shell

1939

Pozzo's Departure from Nafta After Two Decades

27 Apr 1939

Pozzo's Departure from Nafta After Two Decades

1937

Iraq Petroleum Company Signs Oil Concession

1937

1932

Overview of Shell-Mex & BP Company

1932

1931

Completion of Shell Mex House

1931

1929

Shell Becomes Leading Oil Company

1929

First Commercial Oil Found by BMPC

1929

1928

Shell Started Operating in Indonesia

1928

1926

Disagreements with Ministry of National Economy

1926

1922

New Vado Ligure Plant Inaugurated

1922

Negotiations for Soviet Oilfields Monopoly

1922

1921

Formation and Marketing of Shell-Mex Limited

1921

Share Capital Increased to 100 Million Lire

1921

1919

Shell Acquires Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company

1919

1916

German Invasion of Romania Impacts Shell

27 Aug 1916

1914

Shell Built Borneo's First Oil Refinery

1914

1912

Creation of Nafta in La Spezia

13 Jul 1912

Royal Dutch Shell Acquires Rothschilds' Russian Oil Assets

1912

1910

Shell Discovered First Oil Well in Borneo

1910

1907

Creation of Royal Dutch Shell Group

Apr 1907

1904

Shell Becomes Leading Oil Company 1904

1904

1902

Shell Begins Operations in South Africa

1902

Shell Starts Trading in Ireland

1902