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<p>Shell USA, Inc. (formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc.) is the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>–based wholly owned <a href="/facts/Subsidiary/l25YN38x">subsidiary</a> of <a href="/facts/Shell_plc/2etvCXCf">Shell plc</a>, a <a href="/facts/UK/kuPAILt2">UK</a>-based transnational corporation "<a href="/facts/Oil_major/7tfvbHtV">oil major</a>" which is among the largest <a href="/facts/Oil_company/xCKs0yQJ">oil companies</a> in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Houston%2c_Texas/1v8AwQUN">Houston, Texas</a>. Shell USA, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's largest oil and natural <a href="/facts/Flatulence/XMAcIUru">gas</a> producers, natural gas marketers, fuel marketers and <a href="/facts/Petrochemical/mzYsaxng">petrochemical</a> manufacturers. </p>