Shareholders' rewards are boosted as Shell, like its rivals, is helped by stronger oil and gas prices and a strong performance in its trading division.
Shell said it would reward shareholders with a planned 25 cents a share dividend - a rise of 4%.
Dividend payments and share repurchases during the January-March quarter reached $5.4bn, the company revealed, as it continues its plan to buy back $8.5bn in shares during the first half of 2022.In his remarks to investors, chief executive Ben van Beurden gave a nod to the UK firm's efforts to bolster energy security amid the anticipated disruption to supplies caused by the West turning its back on Russia.
He said:"The war in Ukraine is first and foremost a human tragedy, but it has also caused significant disruption to global energy markets and has shown that secure, reliable and affordable energy simply cannot be taken for granted."We have been engaging with governments, our customers and suppliers to work through the challenging implications and provide support and solutions where we can.
Shares, which suffered along with the company's earnings during the worst of the COVID crisis, are up 37% in the year to date.Freetrade senior analyst Dan Lane said the shareholder rewards were eye-catching in the current energy price environment."But, just like BP, the stream of renewables businesses Shell has been snapping up gets only a nod towards the bottom of the page.
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