Europe’s largest oil firm Royal Dutch Shell beat analyst expectations on Thursday, reporting profits for its second quarter that were three times larger than at this time last year.
Here are the key second-quarter metrics:
Revenue: $72.13 billion vs. expected $67.78 billion, according to Thomson Reuters
Net profit (on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis) $3.6 billion, up 245 percent from $1 billion for the second quarter of 2016.
