LONDON
British vitality large Shell yesterday introduced web revenue totalling $6.7 billion within the third quarter, as oil and gasoline costs stay sturdy regardless of current slides on easing provide fears.
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The end result in contrast with a loss after tax of $447 million within the July-September interval final 12 months, Shell mentioned.
Flush with money from income surging to virtually $100 billion, Shell mentioned it could purchase again shares at a value of $4 billion.
“We’re delivering sturdy outcomes at a time of ongoing volatility in international vitality markets,” mentioned Shell’s outgoing chief government Ben van Beurden.
The most recent revenue, nevertheless, was far decrease than its second-quarter web earnings of $18 billion.
Shell alerted the market on the comparability earlier this month, blaming the drop on a droop in refining margins.
Though oil and gasoline costs have surged from a 12 months in the past following the invasion of Ukraine by main vitality producer Russia, hydrocarbon values have seen some current cooling because the northern hemisphere experiences gentle temperatures and nations shore up provides.
Shell final month introduced that van Beurden would step down as CEO on the finish of the 12 months, because the vitality main appears to reinvent itself below group renewables boss Wael Sawan.
