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Shell Expands Presence in NYC With Conversion of Approximately 59 BP Service Stations; Converted Stations to Offer Shell Quality Fuels

Posted on: Thursday, 1 June 2006, 15:00 CDT

HOUSTON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents in New York City and the surrounding area will be seeing Shell yellow all over town as Motiva Enterprises LLC, the company that markets the Shell brand in the eastern United States, converts approximately 59 BP stations to the Shell brand, the No. 1 selling brand of gasoline in the United States. The conversions were initiated after local company Bill Wolf Petroleum, which owns the sites, signed an agreement with Motiva to convert to the Shell brand. It is anticipated these New York City sites will sell 70 million gallons of Shell gasoline annually.

"With the conversion of the BP stations in the greater New York City area, we are doubling the Shell brand presence and the availability of our quality fuels," said Bill Welte, president and CEO of Motiva Enterprises LLC. "Motiva is dedicated to providing New York motorists with a convenient, consistent and quality fuel experience each and every time they stop at a Shell-branded station."

With a uniform approach to canopies, buildings, fuel pumps and landscaping, Shell service stations are designed to provide a bright, clean and comfortable environment for customers, while also representing one of the most modern and technologically advanced facilities of their kind in a market. Newly converted stations will have a welcoming environment that remains true to the Shell brand's yellow and red colors. For nearly 100 years, Shell has been providing quality fuel products through its nationwide network of branded service stations.

Motiva intends to complete the conversion of the BP stations in New York City and the surrounding area by October 2006 with minimal inconvenience to customers. In fact, each station will remain open for virtually the entire period during the conversion process. A public customer appreciation event also will be held on Thursday, June 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 1855 First Avenue in Manhattan, one of the first sites to be converted, at the intersection of 96th Street near the entrance to FDR Drive. According to Adam Wolf, president of Bill Wolf Petroleum, this particular station sells an average of over 300,000 gallons per month.

"We look forward to serving residents in New York City and the surrounding area under the Shell banner and providing customers with quality products, exceptional service and competitive prices," said Adam Wolf. "Consumers have a choice when they purchase gasoline, stop at a convenience store or visit a car wash, but with clean, modern stations, quality fuels and a credit card deck that provides options to virtually every customer, we intend to make Shell the brand of choice for motorists in the area."

Local consumers also can call 1-877-MY-SHELL or log onto http://www.877myshell.com/ to apply for the Shell Platinum MasterCard(R) from Citi Cards. The Shell MasterCard currently offers one of the best rebate programs in the industry with a 5 percent rebate on Shell quality fuels and a 1 percent rebate on retail purchases anywhere the card is used.

Shell Oil Company, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's leading oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Shell, a leading oil and gas producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is a recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of The Shell Group, which operates in over 140 countries and territories employing more than 112,000 people.

Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company, is a leader in the refining, transportation and marketing of fuels, and has a network of approximately 6,600 branded gasoline stations in the Western United States. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Shell Group and . For more information, please visit http://www.shell.com/ .

Motiva Enterprises LLC refines and markets branded products through more than 9,000 branded stations in the Eastern and Southern United States. Shell Oil Company is a 50 percent owner of Motiva Enterprises LLC, along with Saudi Refining, Inc.

Disclaimer statement:

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risk factors associated with the oil, gas, power, chemicals and renewables business. It is believed that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable, but may be affected by a variety of variables which could cause actual results, trends or reserves replacement to differ materially, including, but not limited to: price fluctuations, actual demand, currency fluctuations, drilling and production results, reserve estimates, loss of market, industry competition, environmental risks, physical risks, risks associated with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and targets and the successful negotiation and consummation of transactions, the risk of doing business in developing countries, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments including potential litigation and regulatory effects arising from recategorisation of reserves, economic and financial market conditions in various countries and regions, political risks, project delay or advancement, approvals and cost estimates.

Please refer to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 (as amended) for a description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties that may affect the Shell Group's businesses. Neither Royal Dutch Shell plc nor any member of the Shell Group undertakes any obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether to reflect new information, future events or other information.

Cautionary Note to US Investors:

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC') permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. We use certain terms in this presentation, such as "expected producible resources" and "amount of reserves we expect to produce", that the SEC's guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC.

Shell Oil Products US

CONTACT: Shell Media Line of Shell Oil Company, +1-713-241-4544; orKristen McCarthy of Edelman PR, +1-312-233-1237, for Shell Oil Products US

Web site: http://www.shell.com/http://www.877myshell.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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