British energy major Shell plc plans to expand its integrated gas and Global Capability Centre (GCC) operations in India, according to Mansi Tripathy, Senior Vice President (APAC Lubricants) and Country Chair, Shell India. The company aims to deepen its presence in India’s growing gas ecosystem as the country accelerates efforts to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix from 6% to 15%. With rising energy demand, Indian firms are signing multiple LNG supply agreements globally, while the government continues to invest in LNG terminals and pipeline infrastructure to strengthen gas distribution nationwide.
Beyond gas, Shell views India as a strategic hub for its global capability centres. Nearly 70% of the company’s financial and IT operations and about 30–40% of its GCCs are already based in India, with three centres operating in Bengaluru and Chennai. In addition, Shell—recognized as the world’s largest supplier of finished lubricants—plans to expand its lubricants portfolio in India by integrating value-added services such as liquid maintenance, total fluid management (TFM), and predictive solutions. The company is also exploring new growth areas including battery storage fluids and animal vaccines, reinforcing its long-term commitment to the Indian market.
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@m4 Never going to happen. It's not about saving money. It's about doing something, anything, that you can claim saves money. The people who are at a level to approve this kind of thing have no interest in being proven wrong or being criticized because, maybe, it could have saved more money if we didn't hire incompetent monkeys who are deservedly paid so little that they will jump ship to get an extra $10/week at another sweatshop.
@p4 like what? We already outsource a bunch
the value of in-house service is iteration speed, availability, reduced time to comprehend the problem, better relevance of developed features.
sending everything to india is plainly just as wrong as keeping it all domestic. the answer is in the middle. i’m
tired of extremists who see no other paths forward.
@p4 smart move.
There is no value in having inhouse expensive jg 4/3/2/1 commodity services. The Smart Indians take free training and move on to more agile and latest technology companies. The laggers sit around until their job 'ceases to exist'.
IT operations is way to expensive and slow for what it is in Shell.
Shell is planning to outsource major IT functions to Infosys.
back to office 4 days a week to call indians in order to teach them how to replace you
Imagine you're job being sitting with a headset talking with Indians the whole day and listening to them talk.
That can never have been your IT ambition. I do so not miss Shell.
I come here regularly to be amazed how it can even go lower since I quickly left with the golden package when I got the chance.
Waiting now to sell shares when Wael is done inflating and never come back here.
Wishing you all the best in US/EU! Greetings from NL, where once everyone and myself was proud of RDS
Remember, as Jessica used to say, if we move this low value added work to India, it will leave you with only the more interesting work. But all the playtime activities, all the resulting layoffs and people jockeying for fewer and fewer roles, all the politics and DEI. Shell only su-ked worse and worse.
I wish that Shell would commission a study to see if utilizing the Indian hubs has actually saved or made money. Frankly it is disconcerting that there are people advocating both sides that it either saves or looses money but neither is built on more than localized anecdotes. Although I hear more negative than positive anecdotes it is impossible to really account for unspoken success or failure; we just hear about the stuff that people feel strong enough about to communicate.
Cheaper does not mean more cost effective although sometimes true
Expensive doesn't mean better although sometimes true
Diversity based on physical aspects does not mean diversity of thought and does not lead to better outcomes... I defy you to document that it does
Don’t have to pay 23% if you’re not doing projects.
Roll safe meme.
@fe Indeed. It is very important to consider the passage of time when we consider a day in the life of our projects.
wow that’s amazing
12% annual raises per year and 23% effective tax rate per project is extremely sustainable. nothing can go wrong with the passage of time
Holy cow!
They should get Apu from the Simpson’s to be EVP of GCC
If Shell is getting into animal vaccines I’m guessing No-Pest Strips and Shell Flea Collars will be resurrected before long.
What's a global capability centre? Is it just a new name for the teams that will try to do projects for you that aren't business critical but could be helpful but then end up taking way more of staff time than doing it yourselves?