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Shell Reveals Oil-Trading Profit Doubled to $2.6 Billion in 2020

Royal Dutch Shell Plcdis closed the profitability of its sprawling and secretive oil trading unit fo

Shell Reveals Oil-Trading Profit Doubled to $2.6 Billion in 2020

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