Shell’s upstream director Andy Brown said on Wednesday that "the assets are on the market and each worth around half a billion dollars.”

The Anglo-Dutch player launched the programme to reduce its debt and it is targeting the sale of around $30 billion worth of assets over the next three years as it plans to exit around 10 countries.

Brown gave no details on the projects that are currently up for grabs, saying that not all have been made public at this time. 

“We