By:
Tim Webb - The Guardian
Shell profits rise by 18% - [Ireland's didn't]

Quote on the Jim Larkin statue:"The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise.”
Oil company's quarterly earnings hit $3.5bn, exceeding expectations, as new oil sands facility comes on line
Shell's profits rose by almost a fifth in the last three months on the back of higher production and oil and gas prices.
The oil company said that it had also approved two new major projects, including one deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico, which will further boost production in the future.