Shell looking at options for new Aberdeen headquarters

Shell looking at options for new Aberdeen headquarters

Oil major Shell is on the hunt for new headquarters for its Aberdeen workforce.

The British-Dutch business said its team at Tullos was working in a complex “from the 70s”.

Shell is now looking at the best options for a workplace which would be “fit for the future”.

Asked whether the company would consider relocating to the city centre, Shell's spokesman said “we're looking at all options”.

It reflects a trend among companies wishing to shrink their footprints and take advantage of remote working.

Fellow oil giant BP said in December that it would up sticks from its North Sea base in Dyce.

It will move into a smaller facility at Aberdeen International Business Park later this year.

And BP has told thousands of global staff members they won't return to their offices full-time when the pandemic lifts.

It sold its London HQ in November, but leased it back for two years to give it time to firm up alternative plans for staff.

Shell opened its first office in Aberdeen above a Church of Scotland bookshop in Union Street in 1965.

It broke ground on its complex in Tullos in 1972 and moved in the following year.

At that time, Shell employed just 25 people in Aberdeen and had proved one