Shell

Revealed: BP’s ‘greenwashing’ social media ads as anger over fuel costs rose

Oil company spent £800,000 on social media influence ads after Labour proposed windfall tax

Thomas Lewton

06, Aug, 2022 @7:00 AM

Energy companies are bleeding British families dry. Here’s how to fix it | Owen Jones

Taking back governmental control would be a long-term solution to a broken system, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Owen Jones

04, Aug, 2022 @9:07 AM

Shell to give staff 8% bonus after record profits

Payout comes after oil firm reported $11.5bn second-quarter profits amid soaring energy prices

Julia Kollewe

03, Aug, 2022 @3:50 PM

Oil company profits boom as Americans reel from high fuel prices

ExxonMobil posts second-quarter profits of $17.85bn – four times last year’s figure – with Chevron making $11.62bn

Dominic Rushe in New York

29, Jul, 2022 @3:44 PM

With such eye-watering profits, Shell should invest more in low-carbon transition

Shell could afford to allocate far greater sums to investment but is choosing not to do so

Nils Pratley

28, Jul, 2022 @6:11 PM

‘An insult’: huge profits at Shell and Centrica cause outrage amid soaring energy bills

News of billion-pound profits comes after UK households warned average annual bill could hit £3,850 by 2023

Rob Davies

28, Jul, 2022 @5:42 PM

Biden says US economic slowdown due to Fed inflation-fighting measures – as it happened

US president says growth affected by moves to tackle inflation as US enters technical recession

Graeme Wearden

28, Jul, 2022 @3:22 PM

Shell and Centrica post profits totalling £11bn as households struggle with bills

British Gas owner reinstates dividends after operating profits of £1.3bn, while Shell reports £10bn profit between April and June

Jasper Jolly

28, Jul, 2022 @1:51 PM

The heat is on for energy firms as high prices send profits soaring

Centrica investors may be hoping for a dividend, but by winter its customers will just be hoping they can afford a warm home

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

23, Jul, 2022 @11:05 PM

Wellcome Trust sells stakes in large oil and mining companies

One of UK’s biggest funders of scientific research will no longer profit from businesses such as BP and Shell

Jim Waterson and Damian Carrington

21, Jul, 2022 @5:00 AM

Europe could face energy rationing as ‘really tough winter’ looms, Shell boss warns

Ben van Beurden says Ukraine war fallout means big rise in bills and possible need to ration supplies

Mark Sweney and Alex Lawson

14, Jul, 2022 @12:04 PM

Shell may have to abandon £3bn stake in Russian gas plant

Kremlin sets up new firm to own Sakhalin-2 plant, with stakeholders given a month to sign up or they could lose money