In February 1907, the Royal Dutch Shell Group was created through the amalgamation of two rival companies: the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company Ltd of the United Kingdom. It was a move largely driven by the need to compete globally with Standard Oil. The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was a Dutch company founded in 1890 to develop an oilfield in Sumatra, and initially led by August Kessler, Hugo Loudon, and Henri Deterding. The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company (the quotation marks were part of the legal name) was a British company, founded in 1897 by Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, and his brother Samuel Samuel. Their father had owned an antique company in Houndsditch, London, which expanded in 1833 to import and sell sea-shells, after which the company "Shell" took its name. 

Shell was vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It has minor renewable energy activities in the form of biofuels and wind. It has operations in over 90 countries, produces around 3.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day and has 44,000 service stations worldwide. Shell Oil Company, its subsidiary in the United States, is one of its largest businesses.
What company did Marcus Samuel form? Was it an American company? What then? What year was it founded? Did Marcus have a title? What was it? Did he have a sibling? Brother or sister? And his name? How much oil does Shell produce per day? How many of their services stations are there around the world? In what year was the Shell Group founded? Did Marcus Samuel's father own a company? What sort? In what city was it? In what area of London? What was the year of its expansion? What did the company import? Is this where Shell got its name? Was Royal Dutch Shell Group formed from two different companies?
the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company no British 1897 yes 1st Viscount yes brother Samuel Samuel 3.1 million barrels 44,000 1897 yes an antique company London Houndsditch 1833 sea-shells yes yes