Royal Dutch Shell
Rank in Toxic 100: 9
Rank among all TRI companies: 21
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 3,325,366
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 1,789,870
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 4,029,725
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 1.0%
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 51%
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This company is rank 93 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company is rank 26 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
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Sulfuric acid
492,291
0
3,500
50,003
1.24%
16.4%
35.2%
58.9%
17.8%
33.3%
n-Hexane
491,124
413,789
5
86
0.00%
16.3%
33.6%
54.8%
23.4%
22.4%
Ethylene
423,633
13,033
1
20
0.00%
18.2%
40.0%
65.2%
17.4%
43.5%
Ammonia
373,294
0
7
134
0.00%
15.9%
34.4%
63.5%
16.4%
34.5%
Propylene (Propene)
297,292
61,500
1
28
0.00%
17.9%
40.2%
62.4%
15.5%
43.0%
Toluene
198,706
62,953
1
13
0.00%
17.0%
37.3%
64.0%
16.1%
37.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
166,063
23,298
35
430
0.01%
16.3%
35.3%
60.1%
17.2%
32.7%
Benzene
139,311
607,046
28,000
316,721
7.86%
17.9%
39.1%
63.4%
17.7%
39.3%
1,3-Butadiene
115,702
566,834
110,000
904,854
22.45%
18.3%
41.3%
65.2%
13.5%
48.4%
Cumene
114,326
81
9
173
0.00%
19.4%
42.9%
72.8%
14.5%
54.1%
Naphthalene
82,388
5,813
12,000
33,398
0.83%
14.2%
32.8%
35.4%
21.1%
10.5%
Hydrogen sulfide
59,878
2,371
1,800
5,278
0.13%
16.2%
36.0%
55.3%
18.0%
30.4%
Ethylbenzene
51,377
6,786
890
3,549
0.09%
16.6%
36.0%
62.5%
16.9%
34.4%
Phenol
42,421
60
18
114
0.00%
19.4%
43.0%
72.8%
14.2%
54.5%
Acetonitrile
26,110
70
58
158
0.00%
17.3%
39.0%
56.8%
16.7%
36.5%
Diethanolamine
21,708
7,673
1,200
1,497
0.04%
12.3%
31.4%
33.1%
9.5%
18.8%
Styrene
20,854
4,086
4
1
0.00%
12.3%
31.1%
25.8%
17.2%
6.2%
Hydrochloric acid
19,105
0
180
286
0.01%
16.5%
35.8%
66.6%
16.2%
38.9%
Methanol
18,145
40
0
0
0.00%
16.3%
36.0%
63.0%
14.9%
38.3%
Cyanide compounds
15,000
0
4,400
1,921
0.05%
10.7%
24.4%
57.6%
8.7%
24.8%
Glycidol
14,766
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
14,131
823
58
80
0.00%
15.9%
34.6%
62.8%
15.1%
33.4%
Carbonyl sulfide
14,101
0
3,500
1,400
0.03%
11.0%
24.7%
56.8%
10.1%
23.7%
Acetaldehyde
13,556
0
7,900
2,005
0.05%
15.5%
30.5%
43.6%
33.7%
5.1%
Ethylene glycol
12,866
0
9
6
0.00%
16.0%
33.0%
58.4%
26.4%
23.4%
Silver compounds
10,000
0
200
336
0.01%
10.6%
25.5%
47.1%
6.2%
21.7%
Hydrogen cyanide
9,829
0
4,400
6,550
0.16%
18.5%
40.9%
69.0%
14.0%
50.9%
Ethylene oxide
9,424
0
11,000,000
2,232,716
55.41%
15.3%
30.0%
43.9%
34.5%
4.9%
Nitric acid
7,567
0
270
95
0.00%
24.2%
44.4%
65.0%
59.3%
3.7%
Isoprene
6,924
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyclohexane
5,945
45
1
0
0.00%
14.1%
32.2%
59.0%
9.5%
33.9%
Carbon disulfide
5,047
12
5
1
0.00%
11.1%
24.8%
56.5%
10.6%
23.3%
Epichlorohydrin
4,515
0
4,300
3,692
0.09%
19.5%
42.9%
73.0%
14.9%
53.9%
sec-Butyl alcohol
4,152
0
0
0
0.00%
17.7%
37.1%
68.6%
22.7%
34.8%
n-Butyl alcohol
2,908
0
10
1
0.00%
12.7%
31.4%
26.0%
18.8%
5.1%
Molybdenum trioxide
2,594
0
15,000
1,076
0.03%
18.4%
37.1%
58.6%
34.1%
15.5%
Formaldehyde
1,892
0
46,000
1,012
0.03%
13.0%
30.1%
22.3%
1.2%
13.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
1,766
4,652
390,000
8,699
0.22%
19.6%
39.9%
50.2%
31.8%
14.9%
Nickel compounds
1,735
0
930,000
41,290
1.02%
15.5%
32.6%
49.6%
23.0%
16.3%
Methyl tert-butyl ether
1,490
0
93
3
0.00%
16.3%
30.7%
43.9%
35.4%
4.6%
Acetophenone
1,360
0
10
3
0.00%
18.6%
41.1%
69.5%
13.8%
51.6%
Zinc compounds
1,349
0
100
57
0.00%
17.7%
36.9%
67.9%
22.7%
34.1%
Allyl alcohol
1,060
0
12,000
1,923
0.05%
19.5%
43.3%
73.3%
14.0%
55.5%
Chlorine
1,025
0
23,000
8,373
0.21%
17.6%
36.6%
67.6%
22.9%
33.6%
Cobalt compounds
976
0
17,000,000
367,498
9.12%
19.1%
36.9%
53.4%
43.0%
6.2%
Cumene hydroperoxide
964
0
640
99
0.00%
19.4%
43.1%
72.5%
13.9%
54.6%
Dicyclopentadiene
700
0
18,000
885
0.02%
19.0%
43.1%
70.4%
10.3%
57.2%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
686
0
1
0
0.00%
16.1%
36.6%
67.7%
16.0%
35.8%
Vinyl acetate
677
3,605
18
6
0.00%
17.6%
37.0%
68.7%
22.6%
35.3%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
358
10
6
0
0.00%
15.8%
36.4%
49.7%
13.6%
32.6%
Lead compounds
339
0
23,000
324
0.01%
16.9%
36.9%
58.5%
15.1%
37.3%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
317
50
930
40
0.00%
16.5%
36.8%
61.1%
11.8%
43.1%
Maleic anhydride
295
0
5,000
782
0.02%
17.7%
36.9%
68.4%
22.7%
34.5%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
277
0
0
0
0.00%
13.3%
26.5%
41.9%
32.6%
5.0%
Phenanthrene
202
4,437
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Glycol Ethers
171
0
180
14
0.00%
17.2%
38.3%
80.7%
15.5%
45.0%
Copper compounds
126
0
1,500
5
0.00%
11.8%
27.2%
40.4%
8.0%
17.7%
Vanadium compounds
119
0
140
0
0.00%
16.2%
30.7%
43.1%
34.2%
4.9%
Mercury compounds
85
0
12,000
30
0.00%
15.1%
32.6%
57.2%
16.6%
29.4%
tert-Butyl alcohol
82
0
10
0
0.00%
17.7%
37.7%
69.9%
22.5%
37.0%
Chromium compounds
75
0
43,000,000
20,328
0.50%
16.6%
31.0%
44.3%
35.9%
4.5%
Anthracene
64
588
3
0
0.00%
18.0%
40.1%
67.3%
12.0%
51.3%
Antimony compounds
54
0
18,000
4
0.00%
18.9%
37.6%
51.0%
37.5%
9.2%
Hydrazine
41
0
18,000,000
11,661
0.29%
10.3%
29.2%
16.2%
11.8%
3.0%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
19
197
20,000
39
0.00%
15.9%
36.1%
56.7%
7.8%
46.0%
Biphenyl
12
0
800
0
0.00%
16.3%
30.6%
43.9%
35.4%
4.6%
Propionaldehyde
2
0
440
0
0.00%
19.6%
43.3%
73.5%
14.3%
55.3%
2,4-Dimethylphenol
0
20
50
0
0.00%
10.4%
25.6%
42.2%
4.6%
20.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
24
0.00%
18.5%
40.8%
69.1%
13.8%
51.0%
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