By 2050, the world’s population could grow to 9 billion people, up from about 7 billion now, with demand for energy up to three quarters higher in 50 years.
Energy and innovation
Innovation is the reason why we are able to drill for oil miles under the ocean, turn gas into liquid and transport it from the desert to cities, and unlock new sources of energy such as biofuels from plants.
Rising demand for energy, together with the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, makes the role of innovation even more important.
Inside Energy and Innovation
Shell is a major energy producer in the UK providing 11% of the country’s oil and gas. Learn more about how we find, produce and transport oil and gas.
We invest in great ideas from others, such as our partners, entrepreneurs, employees, students and academics. Find out how.
We are helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand while limiting CO2 emissions, by delivering more cleaner-burning natural gas.
We produce energy from the UK North Sea in waters more than one hundred metres deep, but world-wide there may be as many as 300 billion barrels of recoverable oil in waters up to several kilometres deep.
To help satisfy growing demand for energy, the world will increasingly turn towards regions and countries with great untapped energy potential.
Peterhead CCS Project
Shell and SSE are developing the world's first full scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.