Oil giant Shell made nearly 1.7 billion dollars (£1.4 billion) more in profit than experts had expected in the first three months of the year, the company said on Thursday.
The business joined its rival BP in reporting expectations-beating results this week.
Shell said that its adjusted earnings had risen by 5.7% compared to the same quarter a year earlier, reaching 9.6 billion dollars (£7.6 billion).
