MARK WILLIAMSON: 5 MAY 2017
ROYAL Dutch Shell’s new finance chief has said the company will continue to invest in the North Sea where it is making good returns but declined to rule out selling off more UK assets.
Speaking after Shell posted a 140 per cent increase in first quarter profits, Jessica Uhl said the North Sea remains important to the firm although rationalisation moves will leave it with a much reduced presence in the area.
The oil and gas giant agreed in January to sell a portfolio of mature assets which account for around half its UK production to Chrysaor for up to $3.8 billion.
Shell has cut around 1,000 North Sea jobs since 2014 when the crude price plunge started. In November it announced plans to close its accounts centre in Glasgow which put nearly 400 posts at risk.
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