Books About Shell: An Expanded Bibliography
Introduction
Royal Dutch Shell, now Shell plc, has generated an unusually large body of literature stretching from official corporate histories and executive memoirs to academic studies, environmental investigations, human-rights accounts and books written by people directly involved in disputes with the company.
The bibliography below includes:
- histories commissioned or published by Shell;
- independent corporate histories;
- biographies of important Shell figures;
- books about particular Shell businesses and projects;
- books concerning Nigeria, Ogoni and Ken Saro-Wiwa;
- books about Brent Spar and Corrib;
- studies of Shell’s celebrated scenario-planning system;
- broader histories of the international oil industry in which Shell is a significant subject;
- and Amazon Kindle books by John Donovan concerning his long-running relationship with Shell.
The descriptions below are original summaries rather than reproductions of publishers’ copyrighted descriptions.
Early Royal Dutch and Shell Histories
1934
An International Oil Man
Author: Sir Henri Deterding, as told to Stanley Naylor
Format: Print
Deterding’s autobiographical account of his career in international petroleum. It provides a primary-source perspective on the development of Royal Dutch and the creation of the Royal Dutch/Shell combination from the viewpoint of the man who dominated the organisation for decades.
1953–1957
History of the Royal Dutch — Four Volumes
Author: F. C. Gerretson
Format: Print
The monumental early history of Royal Dutch Petroleum. It examines the company’s origins in the Dutch East Indies, its struggle for survival, expansion into international markets, competition with Standard Oil, Henri Deterding’s leadership and the emergence of the Royal Dutch/Shell organisation. The English edition appeared in four volumes between 1953 and 1957. (Social History Portal)
1957
The Technical Development of the Royal Dutch/Shell, 1890–1940
Author: R. J. Forbes
Format: Print
A specialist history concentrating on the technical and scientific development of Royal Dutch/Shell during its first half-century, including exploration, production, refining, transportation and petroleum technology.
1957
Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States
Author: Kendall Beaton
Format: Print
A substantial history of Shell Oil Company in the United States. It covers the development of the American business, exploration, refining, marketing and Shell Oil’s relationship with the international Royal Dutch/Shell Group. (Company Histories)
1960
Bearsted: A Biography of Marcus Samuel, First Viscount Bearsted, and Founder of “Shell” Transport and Trading Company
Author: Robert Henriques
Format: Print
A detailed biography of Marcus Samuel. It traces the Samuel family’s trading activities, the development of bulk petroleum transport through the Suez Canal, the creation of Shell Transport and Trading, competition with Standard Oil and the eventual alliance with Royal Dutch. (Google Books)
1972
The Americanization of Shell: The Beginnings and Early Years of Shell Oil Company in the United States
Author: Harry Bridges
Format: Print
A concise history of Shell’s establishment and early development in the United States, originally delivered to the Newcomen Society. (CiNii Research)
1975
The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies and the World They Shaped
Author: Anthony Sampson
Format: Print; later electronic editions
A classic examination of the giant international oil companies. Royal Dutch/Shell is one of the seven principal corporations studied. The book explores relationships between the majors, governments, producing countries, OPEC and the international political system.
1979
Shell at Deer Park: The Story of the First Fifty Years
Author: Barbara Wells
Format: Print
A history of Shell’s Deer Park refining and chemical complex in Texas, including its establishment, expansion, workforce, technology and importance within Shell’s United States operations. (Company Histories)
1979
The Story of Maui: From Mythology to Reality — The Story of the Development of the Maui Offshore Gas Field
Authors: Paul Fried, Frank Handy and Peter Seccombe
Format: Print
A history of New Zealand’s Maui gas field and its development by the Shell-BP-Todd consortium. It combines the story of the offshore discovery with the engineering and commercial development of what was then an exceptionally important gas resource. (Smiths Bookshop)
1981
Canada’s Oil Monopoly: The Story of the $12 Billion Rip-off of Canadian Consumers
Author: James Lorimer
Format: Print
A critical account derived from a Canadian government investigation into the petroleum industry. Shell appears alongside Imperial Oil, Gulf, Texaco and other companies in the examination of competition and pricing practices. (Google Books)
1984
Shell Oil Company: A Story of Achievement
Author/Publisher: Shell Oil Company
Format: Print
A company-produced history of Shell Oil’s American operations. Because it was published by Shell itself, it is especially useful as a record of how the company presented its own achievements and development at the time. (Company Histories)
1987
Shell: 75 Years Serving America
Author/Publisher: Shell Oil Company
Format: Print
An anniversary history marking 75 years of Shell operations in the United States, covering exploration, production, refining, chemicals and marketing. (Company Histories)
Shell and the Wider Oil Industry
1991
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Author: Daniel Yergin
Format: Print and later ebook editions
One of the major general histories of the petroleum industry. Shell, Royal Dutch, Marcus Samuel and Henri Deterding feature substantially in its account of the creation of the international oil business and the geopolitical importance of petroleum. First published in 1991. (WorldCat)
1991
The Art of the Long View
Author: Peter Schwartz
Format: Print and electronic editions
A landmark book on scenario planning written by a former member of Royal Dutch/Shell’s planning operation. It explains a method strongly associated with Shell’s strategic planning culture and the work of Pierre Wack. (WorldCat)
1992
Sea Shell: The Story of Shell’s British Tanker Fleets, 1892–1992
Author: Stephen Howarth
Format: Print
A centenary history of Shell’s British tanker fleets. It traces the development of petroleum shipping from Marcus Samuel’s early tankers to the large and sophisticated fleets operated by Shell in the twentieth century. Howarth later became one of the authors of the official Royal Dutch Shell history. (Google Books)
Nigeria, Ogoni and Shell
1992
Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy
Author: Ken Saro-Wiwa
Format: Print
Saro-Wiwa’s account of the political, economic and environmental grievances of the Ogoni people. Shell-BP, oil production, pollution and the distribution of petroleum wealth feature prominently. (Google Books)
1993
Shell at Wood River: 75 Years of Progress
Author: John G. Schroeder
Format: Print
A local corporate history of Shell’s Wood River operations in Illinois, marking 75 years of the refinery and associated facilities. (shellwiki.com)
1995
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary
Author: Ken Saro-Wiwa
Format: Print and ebook editions
Saro-Wiwa’s account of his detention and his leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People. It provides a first-person account of the Ogoni campaign, Nigerian politics and the dispute over the effects of oil development, including Shell’s operations. (Google Books)
Shell’s Corporate Culture and Scenario Planning
1996
Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation
Author: Kees van der Heijden
Format: Print; later editions
An important management book written by the former head of Royal Dutch/Shell’s Business Environment Division. Its opening section is specifically devoted to discoveries made through Shell’s scenario-planning experience between 1965 and 1990. (Google Books)
1996
The Age of Heretics
Author: Art Kleiner
Format: Print; later editions
A history of unconventional management thinkers and organisational innovators. Shell’s scenario-planning pioneers, particularly Pierre Wack, occupy an important place in the book. Oxford’s Art Kleiner archive confirms extensive underlying material relating directly to Shell and scenario planning. (oxfordfutures.sbs.ox.ac.uk)
1997
The Living Company
Author: Arie de Geus
Format: Print; later electronic editions
De Geus spent 38 years with Royal Dutch Shell and ended his Shell career as Corporate Planning Director. The book develops ideas about organisational learning and corporate longevity arising substantially from experience and research within Shell. (Arie de Geus)
1997
A Century in Oil: The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company, 1897–1997
Author: Stephen Howarth
Format: Print
A major centenary history written with access to Shell archives. It traces Shell Transport from Marcus Samuel through the Royal Dutch alliance, wars, international expansion and the modern multinational organisation.
Ogoni and Human Rights
1998
Ogoni’s Agonies: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Crisis in Nigeria
Editor: Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah
Format: Print
A substantial collection of historical, political, literary and human-rights studies arising from the Ogoni crisis and Saro-Wiwa’s execution. It examines multinational corporations, Nigerian military rule and the international response to events in Ogoniland. (OBNB)
1999
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era
Author: Jeremy Leggett
Format: Print
An account by a former oil-industry geologist turned environmental campaigner of the emerging international struggle over climate change, the fossil-fuel industry and attempts to establish international climate policy. Shell forms part of the wider corporate background. (Wikipedia)
2000
Shell in Nigeria: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Ogoni Crisis
Author: Bronwen Manby
Format: Print / academic case study
A focused examination of Shell’s response to the Ogoni controversy and the broader question of what responsibilities multinational corporations bear when operating amid political repression and serious human-rights disputes. (Google Books)
2000
In the Shadow of a Saint
Author: Ken Wiwa
Format: Print
Ken Wiwa’s memoir about his father, Ken Saro-Wiwa. It combines family history with the Ogoni campaign, Nigerian politics, environmental conflict and Saro-Wiwa’s opposition to Shell’s operations in Ogoniland. (Google Books)
Shell at the Turn of the Century
2001
Go Well: 100 Years of Shell in Australia
Author: Robert Murray
Format: Print
A centenary history of Shell in Australia, tracing its activities from petroleum distribution through refining, exploration, natural gas and other businesses. (Austrian Science Encyclopedia)
2001
Where Vultures Feast: Shell, Human Rights, and Oil in the Niger Delta
Authors: Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas
Format: Print; later ebook edition
A strongly critical investigation of Shell, Nigerian governments and the environmental and human consequences of oil development in the Niger Delta. The authors’ allegations and conclusions should, as with any critical work, be distinguished from judicial findings. (Google Books)
2001
Shell, Greenpeace and the Brent Spar
Author: Grant Jordan
Format: Print and ebook
An academic examination of the 1995 Brent Spar confrontation. It analyses Shell’s decision-making, Greenpeace’s campaign, consumer reaction and the organisational reasons behind Shell’s eventual abandonment of deep-sea disposal. (Springer)
2002
Down Many a Road: The Story of Shell in Ireland 1902–2002
Author: Bob Montgomery
Format: Print
A centenary history of Shell’s presence in Ireland, covering distribution, service stations and the development of its Irish petroleum business. (Wikipedia)
2002
The Sixth Sense: Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios
Authors: Kees van der Heijden, Ron Bradfield, George Burt, George Cairns and George Wright
Format: Print
A further development of scenario-planning theory closely connected with the techniques pioneered at Shell. Royal Dutch/Shell appears repeatedly as an important source of practical experience. (Wiley-VCH)
2003
Where Vultures Feast — Verso Edition
Authors: Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas
Format: Print; later ebook
The later Verso edition of the critical Niger Delta study, continuing its examination of Shell, Nigerian government policy, pollution and human rights. (Google Books)
2004
Shell in New Zealand
Author: Peter D. F. Cooke
Publisher: Shell Heritage Society
Format: Print
An illustrated corporate history of Shell New Zealand, including its early business, petroleum distribution and involvement in the development of the Taranaki oil and gas fields. (National Library of New Zealand)
2004
Shell Deer Park: Celebrating 75 Years — People Making a Difference
Author: H. R. “Holly” Hutchins
Format: Print
An anniversary history of Shell’s Deer Park refining and chemical complex, concentrating particularly on the employees and communities involved in its development. (Artikeldigital)
The 2004 Reserves Crisis and Corporate Reputation
2005
Shell Shock: The Secrets and Spin of an Oil Giant
Authors: Ian Cummins and John Beasant
Format: Print; ebook edition published later
A critical history of Royal Dutch/Shell published in the aftermath of the 2004 reserves scandal. It covers the company’s origins, Deterding, Nigeria, environmental controversies, Sakhalin and the reserves crisis. The original hardback appeared in 2005; an ebook edition was subsequently issued. (OBNB)
2005
The Politics of Bones: Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria’s Oil
Author: J. Timothy Hunt
Format: Print; ebook edition
An account centred on Owens Wiwa, brother of Ken Saro-Wiwa, and his campaign surrounding the Ogoni cause and his brother’s prosecution and execution. Shell is a central corporate presence in the underlying dispute. (Wikipedia)
2006
That’s Shell? The Hundreds of Errors in the History of Shell in New Zealand
Author: Michael Whitfield Foster
Format: Print
A detailed critique of Peter Cooke’s Shell in New Zealand. Foster challenges numerous statements in the Shell Heritage Society history and supplies corrections and alternative interpretations. (National Library of New Zealand)
The Major 2007 Royal Dutch Shell History
2007
A History of Royal Dutch Shell, Volume 1: From Challenger to Joint Industry Leader, 1890–1939
Authors: Joost Jonker and Jan Luiten van Zanden
Format: Print
The first volume of the major centenary history commissioned with unrestricted access to Royal Dutch Shell archives. It covers the predecessor companies, the 1907 combination, Deterding and Shell’s development into an international petroleum power. (Google Books)
2007
A History of Royal Dutch Shell, Volume 2: Powering the Hydrocarbon Revolution, 1939–1973
Authors: Stephen Howarth and Joost Jonker
Format: Print
Covers the Second World War, post-war expansion, refining, petrochemicals, decolonisation, Middle Eastern developments and the transformation of the post-war oil industry. (Google Books)
2007
A History of Royal Dutch Shell, Volume 3: Keeping Competitive in Turbulent Markets, 1973–2007
Author: Keetie Sluyterman
Format: Print
Covers nationalisations, oil-price shocks, restructuring, Brent Spar, Nigeria, changing corporate governance, the reserves crisis and the creation of the unified Royal Dutch Shell plc. (Google Books)
2007
A History of Royal Dutch Shell, Volume 4: Appendices, Figures and Explanations, Collective Bibliography and Index
Author/editor: Jan Luiten van Zanden and contributors
Format: Print with supporting material
The reference volume accompanying the three narrative histories. It contains statistical material, explanatory material, bibliography and the consolidated index. (Google Books)
2007
The Offshore Imperative: Shell Oil’s Search for Petroleum in Postwar America
Author: Tyler Priest
Format: Print
A detailed independent history of Shell Oil Company’s offshore exploration and engineering in the Gulf of Mexico. Particularly important for understanding Shell’s technological role in the development of deepwater petroleum. (Google Books)
2007
She’ll Be Right at Last: The Final Version of a Corrected, Extended and Wholly Rewritten History of Shell in New Zealand
Author: Michael Whitfield Foster
Format: Print
Foster’s extended alternative history of Shell in New Zealand, following his earlier critique of the official Shell Heritage Society account. (Canterbury Library)
Nigeria, Oil and Environmental Conflict
2008
Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta
Text: Michael Watts and contributors
Photography: Ed Kashi
Format: Print
A photographic and documentary examination of half a century of Nigerian oil development and its environmental, political and social consequences. Shell features because of its historically dominant role in Niger Delta production. (Google Books)
2009
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
Author: Peter Maass
Format: Print and ebook
A journalistic investigation of the political and human consequences of oil production in several countries. Its Nigeria reporting examines the violent and polluted Niger Delta and the relationships between communities, governments and international petroleum companies. (Penguin Books)
2010
Once Upon a Time in the West: The Corrib Gas Controversy
Author: Lorna Siggins
Format: Print
A detailed account of the conflict surrounding the Shell-led Corrib gas project in County Mayo, including local opposition, safety and environmental concerns, policing, planning and the imprisonment of the Rossport Five. (Google Books)
2011
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta: Managing the Complex Politics of Petro-Violence
Editors: Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad
Format: Print and electronic editions
An academic collection examining the evolution of oil-related conflict in the Niger Delta, the political economy of petroleum, community resistance, militancy, government policy and multinational oil operations. (Google Books)
2011
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Author: Daniel Yergin
Format: Print and ebook
Yergin’s continuation of the history begun in The Prize. Shell appears within the broader story of international oil, gas, LNG, energy security, technological development and the emerging transition to alternative energy. (Google Books)
Modern Investigations and Energy History
2012
The Oil Road: Travels from the Caspian to the City
Authors: James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello
Format: Print and ebook
Primarily a study of the Caspian-to-Europe petroleum system and BP’s pipeline network rather than Shell, but useful comparative reading for understanding the political, financial and environmental structures within which international oil majors such as Shell operate. (Penguin Random House)
2014
The Secret World of Oil
Author: Ken Silverstein
Format: Print and ebook
An investigation of traders, middlemen, political fixers, authoritarian governments and multinational corporations operating within the global petroleum system. Shell is part of the wider world of international majors examined in the book. (Penguin Random House)
John Donovan Amazon Kindle Books
2016
John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare: My Epic Feud with the Unscrupulous Oil Giant Royal Dutch Shell
Author: John Donovan
Format: Amazon Kindle ebook
A first-person documentary account of the Donovan family’s relationship and subsequent long-running dispute with Shell. It covers Don Marketing’s promotional work for Shell, intellectual-property disputes, litigation, settlements, Shell internal documents, surveillance allegations, websites and domain-name battles.
The author’s archive identifies the work specifically as an Amazon Kindle book. (John Donovan)
2016
Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell
Author: John Donovan
Format: Amazon Kindle ebook
A critical documentary investigation of Sir Henri Deterding and Royal Dutch/Shell’s connections with Nazi Germany. It considers Deterding’s political activities, Shell’s German operations, anti-Semitism within parts of the organisation, IG Farben and the treatment of this history in later company accounts.
The contemporary archive records the ebook as available through Amazon websites internationally. (Royal Dutch Shell Group .com)
2016
Toxic Facts About Shell Removed From Wikipedia — How Shell Became the Most Hated Brand in the World
Author: John Donovan
Format: Amazon Kindle ebook
A collection of Shell-related controversies assembled partly around material that the author says disappeared or was reduced in Wikipedia articles. Subjects include Nigeria, environmental damage, safety, corporate governance, espionage allegations and disputes over Shell’s historical record.
John Donovan’s website lists the title explicitly among his ebooks available on Amazon. (Royal Dutch Shell Group .com)
Scenario Planning and Shell’s Intellectual Legacy
2016
Strategic Reframing: The Oxford Scenario Planning Approach
Authors: Rafael Ramírez and Angela Wilkinson
Format: Print and electronic edition
A modern treatment of scenario planning descended partly from the tradition established at Royal Dutch/Shell. The book includes a dedicated Shell 2001 Global Scenarios case study. (OUP Academic)
Regional Shell History
2017
125 Years of Shell in Russia: 1892–2017
Author: N. V. Manvelov
Format: Print
A historical account of Shell’s long involvement with Russia, beginning with nineteenth-century petroleum commerce and continuing through subsequent Russian and Soviet developments and modern energy projects. The work is listed among recognised Shell historical publications. (Wikipedia)
Climate and the Modern Oil Industry
2019
Losing Earth: A Recent History
Author: Nathaniel Rich
Format: Print and ebook
A history of the period in which climate science became increasingly clear but governments failed to establish an effective global response. The fossil-fuel industry’s developing role in climate politics forms part of the wider story. It is relevant to Shell research particularly when read alongside the company’s own historic climate studies and scenarios. (Google Books)
2020
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Author: Daniel Yergin
Format: Print, ebook and audiobook
A broad examination of the contemporary relationship between energy, geopolitics and climate change. Shell appears within the wider transformation of the international oil and gas industry and the growing pressure for an energy transition. (Penguin Random House)
2020
Where Vultures Feast: Shell, Human Rights, and Oil — New Edition
Authors: Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas
Format: Print and ebook
A new Verso edition of the earlier Niger Delta investigation, making the influential Shell-critical work available to another generation of readers. (Google Books)
Recent Historical Works
2022 / 2024
A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War
Author: Keith Fisher
Format: Ebook 2022; paperback 2024
A wide-ranging history of petroleum up to the First World War. The rise of Royal Dutch/Shell receives substantial attention within its examination of imperialism, the Dutch East Indies and the creation of the modern international oil industry. (Penguin Books)
2024
Macht und Ohnmacht: Die Lebensgeschichte des Royal Dutch/Shell-Begründers Sir Henri Deterding
Author: Jochen Thies
Format: Print, German language
A recent biography of Henri Deterding. It reassesses the controversial Royal Dutch/Shell leader’s business career, political activities and historical reputation. The book was published in Germany in 2024. (Sack)
Additional Works Worth Including in a Shell Research Library
The following do not all have Shell as their sole subject, but each helps place Shell’s development, controversies or corporate methods in their wider historical context.
1978
Shell and BP in South Africa
Author/Publisher: Anti-Apartheid Movement / Haslemere Group
Format: Booklet / campaign publication
A critical contemporary examination of Shell and BP’s role in South Africa and Southern Africa during apartheid and international attempts to impose oil sanctions. (AAM Archives)
2001
Shell, Greenpeace and the Brent Spar
Author: Grant Jordan
Already listed above, but worth singling out as perhaps the most substantial book-length academic study of one individual Shell public-relations crisis. It reconstructs internal corporate dynamics as well as the Greenpeace campaign. (Springer)
2005
Shell Shock: The Secrets and Spin of an Oil Giant
Authors: Ian Cummins and John Beasant
Also deserving special prominence because it is one of the relatively few independent books attempting to cover Shell as a corporation in its entirety, rather than a single region or controversy. Its publication followed directly after the reserves scandal. (Google Books)
A Useful Way to Classify the Shell Literature
The books above fall into several very different evidential categories.
Official or Shell-supported corporate history
Examples include:
History of the Royal Dutch
Shell Oil Company: A Story of Achievement
Shell: 75 Years Serving America
A Century in Oil
Shell in New Zealand
A History of Royal Dutch Shell
125 Years of Shell in Russia
These are particularly useful for dates, corporate structures, management changes, acquisitions, projects and Shell’s own interpretation of its history.
Independent histories
Examples include:
Bearsted
Enterprise in Oil
The Offshore Imperative
Shell, Greenpeace and the Brent Spar
Shell Shock
A Pipeline Runs Through It
These often provide interpretations that can be compared against Shell’s official narrative.
First-person and activist material
Examples include:
Genocide in Nigeria
A Month and a Day
In the Shadow of a Saint
John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare
Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell
These are valuable precisely because their authors are participants or closely connected with the events described, but their claims should be distinguished from independent findings, court judgments and official records.
Critical environmental and human-rights literature
Examples include:
Where Vultures Feast
Curse of the Black Gold
Ogoni’s Agonies
The Politics of Bones
Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta
Once Upon a Time in the West
These provide the counter-history to Shell’s own corporate publications.
A Particularly Interesting Contrast
For anyone researching Shell seriously, some of the most revealing reading comes from placing opposing books side by side.
For early corporate history:
Henri Deterding — An International Oil Man
versus
Jochen Thies — Macht und Ohnmacht
and
John Donovan — Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell.
For the history of Shell itself:
A History of Royal Dutch Shell
versus
Shell Shock
and the Donovan documentary material.
For Nigeria:
Shell’s own corporate histories can be compared with:
Ken Saro-Wiwa — Genocide in Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa — A Month and a Day
Okonta and Douglas — Where Vultures Feast
and
Hunt — The Politics of Bones.
For corporate environmental decision-making:
Shell, Greenpeace and the Brent Spar
can be compared with Shell’s own retrospective account of Brent Spar, in which the company acknowledges that the episode damaged its reputation and changed its approach to public engagement. (Shell)
John Donovan’s Place in the Bibliography
The inclusion of my three Amazon Kindle books is justified on bibliographic rather than promotional grounds.
They constitute a published first-person record by someone whose relationship with Shell extends from being a commercial supplier to becoming a litigant, shareholder, website publisher and long-term corporate critic.
The three verified Amazon titles are:
John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare: My Epic Feud with the Unscrupulous Oil Giant Royal Dutch Shell
Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell
Toxic Facts About Shell Removed From Wikipedia — How Shell Became the Most Hated Brand in the World
My website currently identifies all three specifically as Amazon ebooks. (Royal Dutch Shell Group .com)
Editorial Note
This is not intended to be an exhaustive bibliography of every book that merely mentions Shell. That would run into hundreds or probably thousands of titles.
Instead, the criterion used here is that a book must satisfy at least one of the following:
- Shell or one of its predecessors is the principal subject;
- a substantial portion of the book concerns Shell;
- the author was an important Shell figure;
- the work documents a major Shell controversy or project;
- or the book is important for understanding a distinctive Shell practice such as scenario planning.
That makes the list useful to researchers rather than simply large.
The descriptions are original summaries and are not copied from publishers’ jacket descriptions or copyrighted text.
Amazon and Kindle availability should be checked at the time of publication or purchase because electronic editions and regional availability can change.
*This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, shellnews.net, and shellwikipedia.com, are owned by John Donovan - more information here. There is also a Wikipedia segment, the Shell DPA Files, "Shell and the Spies", the Shell Leaks files, the Independent Shell Archive, as well as books written and published by John Donovan - Kindle eBooks. Timeline of the Donovan Shell Feud. Toxic History of Royal Dutch Shell Group. Shell and the Donovans: The Full Media Record — 550+ Articles, 110 Books, 40 Years. *All conjured up by internet wizz, Nick Gill.
