Shell Sees 3Q Earnings Boost from Stronger Gas, Chemicals Trading -- Update
October 06 2023 - 3:23AM
Dow Jones News
By Christian Moess Laursen and Joe Hoppe
Shell said it expects its third-quarter earnings to be boosted
by stronger gas and chemical trading, while its production volumes
are on track to meet targets.
The British energy giant said Friday that it expects to report
production of 880,000-920,000 oil-equivalent barrels a day of
integrated gas for the third quarter, which would be in line with
its guided range of 870,000-930,000 BOE a day, but down from
924,000 BOE a day in the same quarter of 2022.
Meanwhile, third-quarter volumes of liquefied natural
gas--LNG--are expected to have fallen to 6.6 million-7.0 million
metric tons from 7.24 million tons a year earlier. This still
tightens guidance upward from Shell's previous expectations of 6.3
million-6.9 million tons.
On the corporate side, the company expects to post an adjusted
loss of around $400 million to $600 million. This compares with a
corporate adjusted loss of $654 million in the second quarter.
Shell said integrated gas production and the LNG liquefaction
outlook reflect scheduled maintenance, including Prelude and
Trinidad and Tobago assets.
The oil-and-gas major said both integrated gas trading and
chemicals and products trading are expected to be higher
on-quarter.
The expected uptick in trading comes after a recent rally in
oil, refined products and gas prices across the sector, which is
widely expected to provide a boost to the quarterly earnings of
integrated energy players.
Shell's overall marketing results from trading oil and other
products is expected to be broadly flat on-year in the third
quarter, as sales volumes guidance is slightly tightened down to
2.45 million-2.85 million BOE a day, from prior guidance of 2.45
million-2.95 million BOE a day.
Upstream production is now expected to meet the upper levels of
the previously guided range of 1.6 million-1.8 million BOE a day,
now forecast at 1.7 million-1.8 million BOE a day, and compared
with 1.79 million BOE a day in the same period last year.
Shell's third-quarter results are scheduled to be published on
Nov. 2.
Write to Christian Moess Laursen at christian.moess@wsj.com and
Joe Hoppe at joseph.hoppe@wsj.com
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