Shell to secure future of refining

Bullish outlook: A Shell fuel tanker seen inside the Grangemouth Oil Refinery in central Scotland. Shell is bullish on the demand for petrol and downstream refining business. — AFP

Multinational firm looks to asphalt, plastics and chemicals to sustain demand

LONDON: While the world braces for the electric-vehicle revolution, Royal Dutch Shell is betting on growing appetite for asphalt and plastics to sustain its century-old oil refining business for the coming decades.