This 1987 briefing document, intended for inter-company distribution, covers “Synthetic fuels and renewable energy.” Flagging future trends of increased energy efficiency, renewables overtaking fossil fuels, and an internal interest in being a part of that market shift, this document is helpful in understanding Shell’s relationship with lower carbon-content energy sources.

This document is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell documents.

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