In the last few months, Royal Dutch Shell and BG aligned to create a major new oil and gas J group in Europe to rival ExxonMobil in the US. Ben van Beurden, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, said this would 'act as a catalyst for accelerating the reshaping' of their business. This merger represents a long-term business decision, designed to help Shell compete among the world's largest publicly quoted energy groups, and designed to help secure its future. It has also proved controversial, given the amount paid and the collapse in the oil price. Yet Shell's decision to stick to the deal represents the type of confident decision-making that is all too seldom made.
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机译：在过去的几个月中，荷兰皇家壳牌公司（Royal Dutch Shell）和BG联合在欧洲创建了一个主要的新石油和天然气J集团，以与美国的埃克森美孚（ExxonMobil）竞争。荷兰皇家壳牌公司首席执行官本·范·伯登（Ben van Beurden）表示，这将“加速推动其业务重塑”。此次合并代表了一项长期的商业决策，旨在帮助壳牌在全球最大的公开报价的能源集团之间进行竞争，并旨在确保其未来发展。考虑到支付的金额和油价的下跌，这也引起了争议。然而，壳牌坚持交易的决定代表了很少做出的充满信心的决策。
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