RE: Consolidating1 Feb 2021 11:43
Paddy Im clueless on BP & RDSB but here's what the pro's say
"BP, which reports tomorrow, recorded an $18.9 billion loss in the first nine months of the year after cutting its long-term oil price assumptions, triggering the write-offs. The fourth quarter is expected to have done little to offset this, with underlying profit forecast to be only $370 million, down from $2.6 billion in the same period of 2019. That reflects that Brent crude averaged only $44 a barrel, compared with $63 a barrel a year earlier.
Shell, which reports on Thursday, booked $15.4 billion of losses in the first nine months of the year, driven primarily by lower near-term price assumptions. Analysts forecast underlying profits of $600 million for the fourth quarter, but Shell has warned that it will book between $3.5 billion and $4.5 billion of further impairments and one-off charges this quarter. That puts it on course for a loss of between $18.3 billion and $19.3 billion."