Royal Dutch Shell
Rank in Toxic 100: 10
Rank among all TRI companies: 16
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 2,941,136
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 90,721
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 3,407,149
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 1.0%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 52%
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This company is rank 26 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
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Ethylene
585,250
0
1
16
0.00%
15.9%
36.0%
56.2%
18.9%
32.5%
Sulfuric acid
460,827
6,360
3,500
79,522
2.33%
14.5%
32.0%
59.7%
14.5%
33.3%
Ammonia
382,700
0
7
231
0.01%
12.1%
27.5%
59.6%
11.4%
29.6%
Propylene (Propene)
253,322
0
1
17
0.00%
15.5%
36.3%
56.1%
16.3%
35.0%
Toluene
167,948
10,913
1
10
0.00%
15.8%
35.2%
61.2%
15.3%
36.7%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
145,796
20,174
35
644
0.02%
15.5%
34.3%
64.0%
14.9%
36.2%
Benzene
141,771
1,156
28,000
323,826
9.50%
16.7%
37.2%
63.0%
16.7%
38.5%
n-Hexane
125,863
1,036
5
51
0.00%
14.6%
32.4%
57.6%
15.2%
30.3%
1,3-Butadiene
98,209
261
110,000
749,199
21.99%
17.5%
40.2%
66.8%
13.7%
49.3%
Cumene
74,820
160
9
120
0.00%
18.9%
42.0%
74.6%
15.5%
54.4%
Hydrogen sulfide
55,122
1
1,800
4,986
0.15%
16.4%
36.5%
57.2%
19.5%
32.3%
Naphthalene
51,838
5,562
12,000
12,646
0.37%
14.1%
32.9%
48.4%
19.4%
21.3%
Acetonitrile
51,022
0
58
253
0.01%
14.4%
34.6%
47.1%
18.7%
24.4%
Ethylbenzene
36,686
3,343
890
3,033
0.09%
15.3%
34.1%
60.4%
15.5%
34.4%
Phenol
35,879
0
18
94
0.00%
18.9%
42.2%
74.2%
14.3%
55.7%
Methanol
34,463
30
0
1
0.00%
12.6%
28.5%
60.1%
11.4%
31.8%
Carbonyl sulfide
30,149
0
350
1,082
0.03%
9.9%
22.8%
55.6%
8.8%
24.1%
Hydrogen cyanide
21,644
0
4,400
7,524
0.22%
18.3%
40.6%
71.5%
16.1%
50.8%
Styrene
20,202
2
4
1
0.00%
10.7%
28.8%
26.8%
17.3%
6.0%
Cyclohexane
16,610
20
1
3
0.00%
14.9%
32.3%
63.4%
13.0%
34.6%
Acetaldehyde
16,187
0
7,900
1,690
0.05%
15.1%
30.8%
43.6%
33.2%
5.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
15,193
4,456
58
103
0.00%
14.8%
32.7%
64.5%
14.4%
34.4%
Glycidol
14,805
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Isoprene
13,892
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Cyanide compounds
13,000
1
4,400
6,051
0.18%
9.9%
22.8%
55.7%
8.6%
24.3%
Silver compounds
12,035
0
200
404
0.01%
9.2%
20.4%
45.4%
6.2%
21.7%
Ethylene glycol
11,756
0
9
2
0.00%
13.1%
25.9%
41.2%
32.0%
4.5%
Ethylene oxide
10,413
0
11,000,000
1,780,498
52.26%
14.7%
29.6%
43.7%
34.2%
4.7%
Nitric acid
7,578
0
270
96
0.00%
21.5%
44.5%
67.1%
61.5%
4.1%
Hydrochloric acid
6,005
0
180
119
0.00%
16.0%
35.8%
67.6%
13.9%
44.1%
Carbon disulfide
4,648
22
5
2
0.00%
10.1%
23.0%
55.4%
9.2%
23.9%
Glycol Ethers
4,639
0
180
45
0.00%
20.3%
42.8%
71.6%
50.0%
15.4%
Diethanolamine
3,239
3,895
1,200
303
0.01%
16.5%
38.4%
63.0%
9.4%
50.3%
n-Butyl alcohol
2,673
0
10
1
0.00%
10.7%
28.7%
27.1%
18.7%
4.9%
Molybdenum trioxide
2,358
0
15,000
784
0.02%
16.9%
37.7%
68.3%
25.2%
30.4%
Formaldehyde
2,044
0
46,000
1,879
0.06%
12.3%
28.7%
24.2%
1.1%
14.7%
Nickel compounds
1,722
0
930,000
40,131
1.18%
13.9%
30.8%
46.3%
15.8%
19.1%
Methyl tert-butyl ether
1,452
0
93
3
0.00%
15.9%
30.8%
43.4%
34.5%
4.6%
Cobalt compounds
967
0
17,000,000
350,853
10.30%
16.1%
34.6%
50.2%
31.0%
13.8%
Allyl alcohol
914
0
12,000
1,687
0.05%
19.0%
42.4%
74.9%
14.9%
55.9%
Dicyclopentadiene
810
0
18,000
1,031
0.03%
18.6%
42.5%
71.8%
10.6%
58.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
678
27,839
390,000
5,019
0.15%
12.2%
30.4%
36.3%
17.1%
14.5%
Cumene hydroperoxide
574
0
640
60
0.00%
18.8%
42.2%
73.5%
14.1%
55.3%
Zinc compounds
570
0
100
6
0.00%
10.8%
24.9%
56.4%
9.8%
26.4%
Epichlorohydrin
569
0
4,300
473
0.01%
18.8%
41.8%
74.2%
15.6%
54.0%
Lead compounds
500
0
23,000
488
0.01%
15.6%
34.0%
55.9%
16.8%
31.3%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
323
25
930
45
0.00%
16.2%
36.5%
64.6%
12.6%
46.0%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
303
0
6
0
0.00%
13.0%
31.5%
42.1%
13.9%
22.5%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
207
0
1
0
0.00%
13.1%
31.2%
63.2%
11.2%
35.3%
Acetophenone
163
0
10
0
0.00%
18.5%
41.3%
73.3%
15.5%
53.2%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
147
0
0
0
0.00%
13.1%
25.8%
41.1%
32.0%
4.5%
Vanadium compounds
123
0
140
0
0.00%
15.7%
30.8%
42.2%
32.5%
5.2%
Chromium compounds
118
0
43,000,000
20,898
0.61%
14.4%
29.9%
35.1%
20.4%
8.8%
Copper compounds
103
0
1,500
3
0.00%
12.9%
29.1%
27.5%
7.0%
12.9%
Mercury compounds
79
0
12,000
57
0.00%
12.3%
27.6%
56.5%
12.3%
27.6%
Phenanthrene
76
4,373
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Antimony compounds
52
0
18,000
4
0.00%
18.0%
36.4%
49.7%
36.5%
8.9%
Hydrazine
40
0
18,000,000
11,090
0.33%
7.9%
25.9%
18.2%
12.3%
2.8%
Anthracene
26
642
3
0
0.00%
16.9%
38.1%
68.9%
13.0%
49.3%
Manganese compounds
22
0
12,000
50
0.00%
18.4%
40.9%
72.6%
15.5%
52.5%
Biphenyl
13
0
800
0
0.00%
15.9%
30.8%
43.4%
34.6%
4.6%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
2
410
20,000
2
0.00%
14.1%
32.9%
51.3%
6.8%
38.9%
2,4-Dimethylphenol
1
36
50
0
0.00%
8.8%
18.9%
39.3%
4.7%
20.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
12
0.00%
18.0%
40.2%
71.9%
15.2%
51.4%
Dimethyl phthalate
0
4
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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