Shell doubles its quarterly profits to $10.8bn on record refining margins and raises its shareholder buyback to $5bn
Wael Sawan, pictured in May, as Greenpeace's Philip Evans accused Shell executives of "popping champagne on the deck of a sinking planet" over the results.A Shell service station like those whose soaring profits CEO Wael Sawan credited to "relentless operational performance" amid nine months of US-Israeli conflict disrupting global energy supplies.
Shell's Iran war windfall dwarfs analyst forecasts, with CEO Wael Sawan crediting "relentless operational performance" amid the ninth month of the US-Israeli conflict's disruption to global energy supplies.
Shell's integrated gas business alone pulled in $3.04bn, beating expectations, with upstream profits at $3.19bn.
Shell's shares rose 3% in early trading after the results were announced on Thursday morning.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Philip Evans said Shell executives are 'popping champagne on the deck of a sinking planet'.
