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Oil giant Shell reports highest quarterly profit since 2008 on soaring commodity prices

Shell's bumper earnings echo profits seen across the oil and gas industry, even as many energy majors incur costly write-downs from exiting Russia.

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Shell’s bumper earnings echo profits seen across the oil and gas industry, even as many energy majors incur costly write-downs from exiting Russia.

Highlights

  • Shell posted adjusted earnings of $9.1 billion for the three months through to the end of March.
  • That compared with $3.2 billion over the same period a year earlier and $6.4 billion for fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Shell’s results echo bumper profits seen across the oil and gas industry, even as many energy majors incur costly write-downs from exiting Russia.
  • Shell confirmed it had taken $3 billion of post-tax charges in the first quarter as a result of its exit from Russia.
  • The company also announced plans to increase its dividend by around 4% to $0.25 per share for first quarter of 2022.