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Shell Oil Company

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Shell Oil Company (SOC), major U.S. oil company that is the principal American subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a giant oil company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Robert Curley.