Oil companies are braced for a toughest year since the coronavirus pandemic as lower crude prices squeezed their 2025 first-quarter (Q1) profits. Big Oil’s shareholder returns have been a hot-button issue for investors, particularly as industry profits continue to fall from record highs in 2022. A weak demand outlook, falling crude prices, and United States President Donald Trump’s fast-changing trade policy have rattled investor sentiment in recent months. Shell Shell on Friday told shareholders that adjusted earni
Oil companies are braced for a toughest year since the coronavirus pandemic as lower crude prices squeezed their 2025 first-quarter (Q1) profits. Big Oil’s shareholder returns have been a hot-button issue for investors, particularly as industry profits continue to fall from record highs in 2022. A weak demand outlook, falling crude prices, and United States President Donald Trump’s fast-changing trade policy have rattled investor sentiment in recent months. Shell Shell on Friday told shareholders that adjusted earni