Jan 6 (LNGJ) - Shell Plc has updated its earnings forecast for Integrated Gas and the other divisions and sees lower liquefaction volumes in Australia. Shell said these lower volumes mainly reflected the longer than expected plant outage at the “Prelude FLNG” plant offshore northwest Australia and “operational issues” at the Queensland Curtis LNG export facility.
Shell’s adjusted earnings in Integrated Gas will see pre-tax depreciation of $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion. Shell added that its Trading and Optimisation earnings in the fourth quarter were “expected to be significantly higher” compared with the third quarter of 2022. In the Upstream division production was expected to be between 1,825 and 1,925 kboe/d.
