Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn Bhd confirmed on Sunday that four Shell employees are believed to have died in the tragic incident of Malaysia Airlines MH17, which went down at Ukraine airspace when traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night.

"On the basis of the passenger manifest of MH flight 17, which Malaysia Airlines has now published, we believe we can accurately communicate the names of the Shell employees that were on the flight," said a press release.

The four victims were Tambi Bin Jiee of Malaysia, who was traveling with his wife and four children; Paul Rajasingam Sivagnanam of Malaysia, traveling with his wife and son; Petra van Langeveld of The Netherlands traveling with her son and Klaas Willem van Luik of The Netherlands who was based in Brunei and traveled alone on a personal trip.

"Shell is providing support to the families of our employees to help them through this time of grief. Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of all the passengers and crew on board flight MH17," said the press release.