ROYAL Dutch-Shell plans to double the size of its technical consultancy team in Malaysia by year-end and make the unit its flagship oil and gas consultancy operation in the region that will eventually contribute up to a third of its total global income from this niche business.
Operating as Shell Global Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd, a Multimedia Super Corridor status company based at the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the unit has been growing at an exponential rate since it was set up two years ago principally to service the Shell group of companies in the Asia-Pacific but with third-party clients fast catching up to become a major revenue generator.