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   The Hague, September 30, 2020 - This is an update to the third quarter 
2020 outlook provided in the second quarter results announcement on July 
30, 2020. The impacts presented here may vary from the actual results 
and are subject to finalisation of the third quarter 2020 results. 
 
   Unless otherwise indicated, presented impacts relate to Adjusted 
Earnings on a post-tax basis. 
 
   INTEGRATED GAS 
 
 
   -- Production is expected to be between 820 and 860 thousand barrels of oil 
      equivalent per day. 
 
   -- LNG liquefaction volumes are expected to be between 7.9 and 8.3 million 
      tonnes. 
 
   -- Trading and optimisation results are expected to be below average. 
 
   -- A one-off tax charge is expected to have a negative impact on Adjusted 
      Earnings in the range of $100 to $200 million, no cash impact is expected 
      in the third quarter. 
 
   -- Approximately 80% of our term sales of LNG in 2020 have been oil price 
      linked with a price-lag of up to 6 months. Consequently, lower realised 
      prices due to this price-lag are expected to have a significant impact on 
      LNG margins in the third quarter. 
 
   -- CFFO can be impacted by margining resulting from movements in the forward 
      commodity curves up until the last day of the quarter. Margining inflows 
      are expected to be in line with the second quarter 2020. 
 
 
   UPSTREAM 
 
 
   -- Production is expected to be between 2,150 and 2,250 thousand barrels of 
      oil equivalent per day, which includes a production impact of 60 to 70 
      thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day from hurricanes in the US Gulf 
      of Mexico. 
 
   -- Realised liquids prices in the first two months of this quarter reflected 
      a 15 to 20 percent discount to Brent, similar to the discount in the 
      second quarter 2020. Realised gas prices are trending in line with Henry 
      Hub. 
 
   -- Depreciation is expected to be at a similar level as in the second 
      quarter 2020. 
 
   -- Similar to the second quarter 2020, while Adjusted Earnings are expected 
      to show a loss, CFFO is not expected to reflect equivalent cash tax 
      effects due to the build-up of deferred tax positions in a number of 
      countries. 
 
 
   OIL PRODUCTS 
 
 
   -- Refinery utilisation is expected to be between 64% and 68%. 
 
   -- Realised gross Refining margins are expected to be significantly lower 
      compared with the second quarter 2020. 
 
   -- Sales volumes are expected to be between 4,000 and 5,000 thousand barrels 
      per day. 
 
   -- Trading and optimisation results are expected to be lower than the 
      historical average and significantly lower compared with the second 
      quarter 2020. 
 
   -- Marketing margins are expected to be significantly higher compared with 
      the second quarter 2020. 
 
   -- Compared with the second quarter 2020, Adjusted Earnings are expected to 
      be negatively impacted by $200 to $400 million due to higher volume 
      driven activity, phasing of maintenance activities and provisions. 
 
   -- A one-off deferred tax benefit is expected to have a positive impact on 
      Adjusted Earnings of around $100 million, no cash impact is expected in 
      the third quarter. 
 
   -- Working capital movements are typically impacted by movements between the 
      quarter opening and closing price of crude along with changes in 
      inventory volume. Inventory volumes are expected to be lower compared 
      with the end of the second quarter 2020, impacting working capital 
      positively. 
 
   CHEMICALS 
 
 
   -- Chemicals manufacturing plant utilisation is expected to be between 79% 
      and 83%. 
 
   -- Chemicals sales volumes are expected to between 3,700 and 4,000 thousand 
      tonnes. 
 
   -- Compared with the second quarter 2020, Adjusted Earnings are expected to 
      be negatively impacted by around $100 million due to increased activity, 
      provisions and phasing of maintenance activities. 
 
   CORPORATE 
 
 
   -- Corporate segment Adjusted Earnings are expected to be a net expense at 
      the lower end of the $800 to $875 million range for the third quarter. 
      This excludes the impact of currency exchange effects. 
 
   OTHER 
 
 
   -- As per previous disclosures, CFFO price sensitivity at Shell Group level 
      is estimated to be $6 billion per annum for each $10 per barrel Brent 
      price movement. 
 
          -- Note that this price sensitivity is indicative and is most 
             applicable to smaller price changes than those in the current 
             environment and in relation to the full-year results. This 
             excludes the short-term impacts from working capital movements and 
             cost-of-sales adjustments. 
 
   -- Post-tax impairment charges in the range of $1.0 to $1.5 billion are 
      expected for the third quarter. Impairment charges are reported as 
      identified items. 
 
   Consensus 
 
   The consensus collection for quarterly Adjusted Earnings and CFFO 
excluding working capital movements, managed by VARA research, is 
scheduled to be opened for submission on 8 October 2020, closed on 21 
October 2020, and made public on 22 October 2020. 
 
   Recent publications 
 
   Two recent news publications are highlighted below. They do not to 
impact the third quarter 2020 results. 
 
 
   -- In an interview published today, Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer 
      of Royal Dutch Shell, discusses how Shell has responded to the COVID-19 
      pandemic, explains the drive behind the enhanced ambition to be a 
      net-zero emissions energy business, and outlines the direction of the 
      ongoing restructuring of Shell's ways of working and organisation. 
      Specifically, the simpler, streamlined and lower-cost organisation will 
      focus on: 
 
          -- Upstream providing strong and resilient cash generation, focused 
             on accelerating value; 
 
          -- reducing the Refining footprint to less than 10 sites, keeping 
             those sites that are strategically essential in key locations, 
             with flexibility to adapt and further integrate with the growing 
             Chemicals and Trading businesses; 
 
          -- Integrated Gas having a larger focus on unlocking new and 
             expanding existing LNG markets and furthering customer-led energy 
             solutions; and 
 
          -- a customer-focused organisation, providing lower and zero carbon 
             solutions through the Integrated Power, Biofuels and Hydrogen 
             businesses that are significant, competitive, and complement 
             existing businesses like Marketing. 
 
 
   Reduced organisational complexity, along with other measures, are 
expected to deliver sustainable annual cost savings of between $2.0 to 
$2.5 billion by 2022. This will partially contribute to the announced 
underlying operating cost reduction of $3.0 to $4.0 billion by the first 
quarter 2021. Job reductions of 7,000 to 9,000 are expected (including 
around 1,500 people who have agreed to take voluntary redundancy this 
year) by the end of 2022. 
 
   The full interview is available here: https://www.shell.com/reshape 
 
 
   -- Our Shell Scenarios team considered the implications of choices societies 
      could make while living with COVID-19 and explored what this might mean 
      for energy demand and the energy transition. Explore the Rethinking the 
      2020s publication here: https://www.shell.com/rethinking 
      https://www.shell.com/rethinkingthe2020s the 
      https://www.shell.com/rethinkingthe2020s 2020 
      https://www.shell.com/rethinkingthe2020s s 
      https://www.shell.com/rethinkingthe2020s 
 
 
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interest. 
 
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