Royal Dutch Shell plc

QATAR SET TO BE A NEW HEARTLAND FOR SHELL

Doha, 23rd November 2009. Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) reconfirmed good
progress of the Pearl GTL and the Qatargas 4 projects for a group of its
shareholders and investment analysts.

Shell is partnering in both Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4 with Qatar Petroleum.

Pearl GTL will use Shell’s proprietary Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology to
convert some 1.6 billion cubic feet (bcf/d) of gas per day into high quality,
clean-burning oil products such as gasoil, high specification lubricants base
oils, and chemicals feedstock. These products are usually produced by oil
refineries. Shell will use its leading brand, technology, global supply chain
and marketing capabilities to maximise the value of these products in global
markets.

Pearl GTL is designed to produce 120,000 barrels per day (b/d) of natural gas
liquids (NGLs) and ethane, and 140,000 b/d of GTL products. Pearl will be the
world’s largest GTL plant, building on over 30 years of Shell experience with
these technologies. Shell is funding 100% of the development costs for Pearl
GTL, under a profit sharing agreement with the State of Qatar.

Shell has now entered into the testing phase at Pearl GTL, having inaugurated
the massive plant’s control room, which is the nerve centre of one of the
largest and most sophisticated process control systems in the oil and gas
industry. The control room comprises of almost 1,000 control cabinets hosting
179 servers which are programmed with 12 million lines of software code. The
system is linked to every part of the plant by about 5,850 kilometres of control
cables, which would stretch from Doha to London if laid end-to-end.

While testing begins on many thousands of pieces of equipment that have already
been installed at the plant, construction on the rest of the plant continues.
Some 2 million tonnes of equipment and materials have been imported to the site
and there are some 48,000 workers on the project. At the peak of construction,
Pearl GTL installed enough steel and pipe to make 2.5 Eiffel Towers every month.

Qatargas 4 is designed to convert some 1.4 bcf/d of natural gas into liquefied
natural gas (LNG) and NGLs. Qatargas 4 will add to Shell’s current worldwide LNG
capacity of 18.5 million tonnes per year (mtpa), and sustain Shell’s industry
leadership in LNG.

Qatargas 4 will have a capacity of 7.8 mtpa of LNG and some 70,000 boe/d of
NGLs. Shell has a 30% stake in Qatargas 4, with partner Qatar Petroleum, under a
tax-and-royalty structure. Clean-burning LNG will be sold to customers in China,
Dubai and the United States, with further new markets currently being developed.

Pearl is a unique project in the global oil & gas industry, with unprecedented
scale and technology. Construction is progressing well at Pearl, with both
schedule and budget in line with Shell’s expectations. Major construction at
both Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4 is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2010,
with production ramp-up from late 2010 and into 2011. Pearl GTL upstream
production is expected to reach 320,000 boe/d. Qatargas 4 is expected to reach
280,000 boe/d.

Shell’s annual outlay on these two Qatar projects peaked in 2008. Once Pearl GTL
and Qatargas 4 come on stream, Qatar has the potential to contribute some
350,000 boe/d of upstream production for Shell, and significant cash flows for
the State of Qatar and the company.

HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy
and Industry said: “Shell has only been back in Qatar a few years and over that
time through the realization of Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4 projects they have
established a significant position in Qatar’s energy sector. We appreciate our
partnership with Shell and we believe this relationship will be a source of long
term prosperity and growth.”

Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser commented: “I am very pleased with the
progress that we are making with Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4. We have enjoyed
tremendous support from our partner Qatar Petroleum and we are pleased to play
our part to establish Qatar as the number one LNG and GTL producer in the world.
On today’s basis these two projects alone would represent over 10% of our
world-wide production. Qatar underpins Shell’s growth plans to 2012 and will be
a heartland for decades to come.”

Contacts:

Shell Investor Relations:
The Hague Tjerk Huysinga +31 70 377 3996 / +44 207 934 3856
New York Harold Hatchett +1 212 218 3112

Shell Media Relations:
International, US, UK, European Press +31 70 377 3600
The Netherlands Press +31 70 377 8750

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b) the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 of Royal Dutch Shell plc
(Registration Numbers 333-126715 and 333-141397).

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Date: 23 November 2009	By:	/s/ M.C.M. Brandjes
	Name:	M.C.M. Brandjes
	Title:	Company Secretary

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