Shell reported underlying profits of $16 billion last yearDANIEL KALISZ/GETTY IMAGES
Emily Gosden, Energy Editor: April 23 2018
Royal Dutch Shell is expected to report its strongest quarterly results since 2014 this week.
Boosted by the rebound in oil prices, the Anglo-Dutch energy company is expected to announce underlying profits of $5.3 billion for the three months up to March, compared with $3.8 billion in the same period last year.
Such a result would be the first time that profits have topped $5 billion since the third quarter of 2014, when crude prices were just beginning to fall below $100 a barrel.