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The pay package for Shell's CEO jumped by half last year to nearly USD 12 million, the fossil fuel giant said on Thursday, as oil and gas companies made record profits from skyrocketing energy costs that have driven a cost-of-living crisis. London-based Shell paid Ben van Beurden a total of 9.7 million pounds (USD 11.5 million) in 2022 as annual company profits doubled to an all-time high of USD 40 billion because Russia's war in Ukraine sent oil and gas prices soaring. Van Beurden's pay includes a 2.6 million-pound bonus and 4.9 million pounds worth of stock, according to the company's annual report. Van Beurden stepped down at the end of last year and was replaced by Wael Sawan, who will be paid a base salary of 1.4 million pounds and a bonus that's expected to be bigger than the salary, the report said. Demands have increased for oil and gas companies raking in huge profits to do more to reduce high energy costs that are hurting consumers and small businesses. Opposition lawmak

Global energy giant Shell said Thursday that its annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and natural gas prices soared after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. London-based Shell Plc posted adjusted earnings of USD 39.9 billion for 2022 in its financial results for the final three months of the year. Adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter, which exclude one-time items and fluctuations in the value of inventories, rose to USD 9.8 billion. Shell is the latest oil company to report bumper profits, even as the fossil fuel industry faces increasing pressure to cut climate-changing carbon emissions. US-based Exxon Mobil also posted record annual profits days earlier, while UK rival BP and France's TotalEnergies posted huge quarterly profits last year. The results demonstrate Shell's capacity to deliver vital energy to our customers in a volatile world," new CEO Wael Sawan said in a statement. It's the first earnings report presented by Sawan since he took over as chief ...

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The strong earnings were likely to intensify calls in Britain and the European Union to impose further windfall taxes on energy companies as governments struggle with soaring gas and power bills.

Shell named Wael Sawan, head of its integrated gas and renewables division, as the group's chief executive officer, replacing Ben van Beurden

Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of this year after almost 40 years at the company

During his tenure van Beurden oversaw Shell's biggest acquisition in decades and steered the company through two major downturns

Refining margins triple in second quarter; strong gas and power trading lift profits

The government has lost its appeal in the English High Court against a $111 million arbitration award in favour of Reliance Industries Ltd and Shell in a cost recovery dispute

Shell seeks to sell 27.5% stake in Sakhalin-2 plant; Shell in talks with group of several Indian firms, say sources

It beat its previous highest quarterly profits recorded in 2008 even after writing down $3.9 billion post-tax as a result of its decision to exit operations in Russia

Deal to help Shell triple its renewable energy capacity in operation

Shell was among the bidders for Sprng, along with Adani Group and renewable energy firm Greenko.

Shell operates a 5 million tonnes a year liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility at Hazira in Gujarat and has a small network of petrol pumps.

The post-tax impairments of between $4 billion and $5 billion in the first quarter will not impact the company's earnings

The firm had sought bids at a premium over the base of 13.2 per cent of Brent crude oil prices

Shell announced its intention Monday to exit its joint ventures with Gazprom and related entities

The company had already pledged to give back to investors $5.5 billion of the cash proceeds from the sale of its Permian-basin oil assets.

"We respect the court's decision and have paused the survey while we review the judgement," a Shell spokesperson said

The long-awaited report by the Interior Department stops short of recommending an end to oil and gas leasing on public lands