H-1B sponsorTXFEIN 76-0551934Updated Jun 2026

Shell International Exploration & Production Inc.

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Shell International Exploration & Production Inc.. Filed 358 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2025 from worksites with a TX headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2025

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2025

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2025

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2025

Summary

Shell International Exploration & Production Inc. is an oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Texas. The company has filed 358 H-1B petitions between 2010 and 2025, sponsoring specialty occupation workers primarily in engineering and geoscience roles.

In FY2025, Shell filed 8 H-1B petitions with a 100% certification rate. Historically, the company has been most active between 2012 and 2017, when annual filings ranged from 34 to 47 petitions. Filing volumes declined significantly from 2018 onward, with only 4 petitions in 2020 and minimal activity in 2023 before a modest uptick in 2024–2025. Over the entire program period, Shell achieved a 7.54% overall certification rate.

The company's H-1B workforce reflects its industry focus: geoscientists account for 119 filings (the largest share), followed by petroleum engineers with 70 filings. Smaller cohorts include biomedical engineers (28 filings), industrial engineers (14 filings), and health and safety engineers (12 filings). Shell has not had any denied or withdrawn petitions in its H-1B sponsorship record.

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Outcome breakdown

Share of Shell International Exploration & Production Inc.’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Certified100.0%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Shell International Exploration & Production Inc. across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	19-2042	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	119
2	17-2171	Petroleum Engineers	70
3	17-2031	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	28
4	17-2112	Industrial Engineers	14
5	17-2111	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	12
6	17-3026	Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	11
7	19-2012	Physicists	10
8	17-2041	Chemical Engineers	10
9	19-1029	Biological Scientists, All Other	10
10	15-1252	Software Developers	9

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

119

Petroleum Engineers

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Industrial Engineers

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Physicists

Chemical Engineers

Biological Scientists, All Other

Software Developers

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	22
FY2011	32
FY2012	45
FY2013	38
FY2014	34
FY2015	47
FY2016	40
FY2017	39
FY2018	16
FY2019	18
FY2020	4
FY2023	4
FY2024	11
FY2025	8

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