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Climate change and energy transition - Sensitivity Analysis (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment $ 194,835 $ 198,642
-2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 156,000 163,000
Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 156,000 163,000
Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 156,000 163,000
Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 156,000 163,000
Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 200,000 163,000
Integrated Gas    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 57,700 60,800
Integrated Gas | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 72,000 75,000
Integrated Gas | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 72,000 75,000
Integrated Gas | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 72,000 75,000
Integrated Gas | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 72,000 75,000
Integrated Gas | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 72,000 75,000
Upstream    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 70,900 74,500
Upstream | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 84,000 88,000
Upstream | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 84,000 88,000
Upstream | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 84,000 88,000
Upstream | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 84,000 88,000
Upstream | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 84,000 88,000
Chemicals and Products    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 36,900 38,100
Chemicals and Products | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment 44,000
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity + 10% to the mid-price outlook 2,000 2,000
Sensitivity - 10% to the mid-price outlook 5,000 (2,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (15,000) (5,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (9,000) (5,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (18,000) (17,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices (5,000)  
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity + 10% to the mid-price outlook 2,000 2,000
Sensitivity - 10% to the mid-price outlook 4,000 (2,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (12,000) (4,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (8,000) (4,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (15,000) (9,000)
Bottom of range | Integrated Gas | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices (2,000) (2,000)
Bottom of range | Upstream | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity + 10% to the mid-price outlook 0 0
Sensitivity - 10% to the mid-price outlook 1,000 0
Bottom of range | Upstream | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (3,000) (1,000)
Bottom of range | Upstream | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (1,000) (1,000)
Bottom of range | Upstream | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (3,000) (8,000)
Bottom of range | Upstream | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices 0 0
Bottom of range | Chemicals and Products | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices (3,000)  
Top of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity + 10% to the mid-price outlook 5,000 4,000
Sensitivity - 10% to the mid-price outlook 8,000 (5,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (21,000) (8,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (13,000) (8,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (25,000) (23,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas and Upstream segments | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices (9,000)  
Top of range | Integrated Gas | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity + 10% to the mid-price outlook 4,000 3,000
Sensitivity - 10% to the mid-price outlook 6,000 (4,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (16,000) (6,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (10,000) (6,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (20,000) (12,000)
Top of range | Integrated Gas | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices (4,000) (5,000)
Top of range | Upstream | Shell mid-price    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity + 10% to the mid-price outlook 1,000 1,000
Sensitivity - 10% to the mid-price outlook 2,000 (1,000)
Top of range | Upstream | -2 Degrees Celsius External Climate Change    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (5,000) (2,000)
Top of range | Upstream | Hybrid Shell Plan + IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (3,000) (2,000)
Top of range | Upstream | IEA NZE50    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Sensitivity effect of change in average prices (5,000) (11,000)
Top of range | Upstream | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices (1,000) $ 0
Top of range | Chemicals and Products | IEA NZE 2050    
Disclosure of Climate Change and Energy Transition [Line Items]    
Effect of change in average carbon prices $ (4,000)