Originally posted by Albannach
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"Shell produce 3,100,000 barrels of oil per day. Thats 282,875,000 per quarter (which is what this profit is for). They have made a profit of £3.9bn which works out at £13.78 per barel. A barrel is 159 litres so on each litre, they make just under 9p. At £1.10 a litre, that represents a margin of just over 8% which is healthy but far from outrageous. There are certainly more lucrative businesses out there.
Their profit has increased because the cost of the oil from the arabs has increased, hence turnover has increased and they've increased consumer prices to maintain their margin. If you want to point the finger, it should probably be at the decline in oil reserves, profiteering by OPEC and, of course, our own taxes."
There you go.
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