A report by Brian Widlake
Shell, one of the two biggest companies in the world - operating in 120 countries and owning 1,500 separate companies. Its sales last year were E15,000 million. In the North Sea alone it spends £li million a day. But statistics don't tell all the story of a company - particularly a multi-national one. Is big best? How sensitive to the needs of host nations is a giant like Shell? How much power does a multi-national oil company wield? How does Shell see its future?
Producer JACK SALTMAN Editor MICHAEL TOWNSON