Shell's major projects in the region include the deep-water Gumusut field in Malaysia and the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals project in Singapore.
Royal Dutch Shell has also announced that it would slash 5,000 jobs by year end, including 'hundreds' in Houston as part of a sweeping reorganisation new CEO Peter Voser said is needed to make the company more competitive.
The 5,000 jobs would be cut from the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas group as part of a restructuring that began earlier this year.