LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell onTuesday said it expects to increase its dividend payouts toshareholders once it completes a $25 billion share buyback bythe end of 2020.
The world's second largest oil and gas company also expectsits free cash flow - cash available to pay for dividends andshare buybacks - to rise to around $35 billion per year by 2025at a Brent crude oil price of $60 per barrel.
That compares with $28-33 billion in free cashflow itexpects to deliver by the end of next year.
Shell, the world's biggest dividend payer at $16 billion ayear, last increased its quarterly dividend in the first quarterof 2014 to $0.47 per share.
(Reporting by Ron Bousso; editing by Jason Neely)