Ben van Beurden

Shell SHEL 0.09% PLC expects its quarterly natural-gas profit was “significantly higher” than in the preceding three months, when price swings hurt results in that core business amid a global scramble for energy. The London-based oil giant said Friday it experienced higher refining margins in its chemicals and fuels business in the last three months of 2022, but that trading profit from refined products will lag third-quarter results.…

Extinction Rebellion activists are seen with their hands glued to the reception desk of the Shell Building on April 13, 2022 in London, England.Photo: Rob Pinney (Getty Images)During the week of global protests this past April, protesters gathered inside Shell’s London offices and glued themselves to the front desks. Other activists glued themselves to the ground outside of the office doors. Theydemanded a meeting with Ben van Beurden, Shell’s CEO, the Guardian reported. “They currently have plans to expand their fossil…

LONDON— Shell SHEL 5.16% PLC Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said he expects to see additional taxes on the oil-and-gas industry as a way of helping to protect consumers from higher energy prices, and warned that a price cap on Russian oil being pushed by Western governments would be difficult to implement. The emphasis should be on protecting vulnerable gas users, particularly poor people, rather than on…

Ben van Beurden’s tenure as CEO saw wild swings in commodity prices. Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS…

CEO Ben van Beurden has presided over extensive change at Shell. Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg News…