Shell Beats Profit Expectations At $4.3bn

Shell’s adjusted earnings – net profit- reached $4.264 billion in the second quarter, it said on Thursday, above the $3.74 billion average in an analyst poll provided by the company but down from $6.3 billion a year ago.

According to Reuters, Shell said it would maintain the pace of its share buyback programme at $3.5 billion over the next three months, the 15th consecutive quarter of at…