Shell attributed its performance to higher crude oil and natural gas prices, improved refining margins and cost improvements. In a statement, chairman Mark Moody-Stuart was keen to distance Shell from the tense atmosphere in the UK surrounding fuel prices. I have no doubt there will be leaner periods in the future just as there were in the past. The UK's other global oil industry player, BP, is due to report third quarter earnings next Tuesday.
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