Shell Faces $400 mln Writedown on Russian Downstream Assets

Reuters2022-03-10

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Shell faces writedowns on $400 million in Russian downstream assets, it said on Thursday, having announced $3 billion worth of other projects previously.

The oil major announced on Feb. 28 that it would quit its ventures in Russia with Gazprom and related entities including the flagship Sakhalin 2 liquefied natural gas $(LNG.AU)$ plant and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.

"It is expected that these decisions ...will impact the carrying value of the related assets and lead to recognition of impairments in 2022," Shell said in its annual report on Thursday.

The downstream assets come on top of $3 billion mentioned in its Feb. 28 announcement, a company spokesperson said.

Shell's looming writedowns come amid a mass exodus of western oil majors, which includes BP facing a $25 billion writedown for its planned divestment of Russian assets.

France's TotalEnergies has said it is sticking with its Russian investments.

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  • tj1888
    2022-03-10
    tj1888
    Just writing to gain coins, thanks.
  • 7f1c4e97
    2022-03-10
    7f1c4e97
    Oic
  • wisley
    2022-03-10
    wisley
    Gg
  • ThinkOrSwim
    2022-03-10
    ThinkOrSwim
    Wait till they make a comeback selling cheap Russian oil they scooped from this fallout.
  • claratan
    2022-03-10
    claratan
    Wow 
  • BlueDaisy
    2022-03-10
    BlueDaisy
    Haha, TOTAL is not quiting Russia 
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