Shell Records $7.9B in Charges, Pulls Back Across North America

摘要

Royal Dutch Shell plc recorded $7.9 billion in charges for the third quarter after writing of $2.6 billion in abandonment costs for its Alaska ofshore venture, $2 bil- lion to cease plans for an oilsands project in Canada and $2.7 billion for the value of its global natural gas and oil portfolio. If and when prices rise, the United States is not at the “top of our list..to immediately spend more money on,” the CFO said.