Royal Dutch/Shell has joined its giant oil industry rivals in reporting record first quarter profits.
The world's second largest oil company said net profit adjusted to reflect the current cost of supply and other one-off items soared 96% year-on-year to $3.914 billion.
The result was above a range of analysts' expectations and the biggest profit Shell has ever turned in.
Earlier this week world oil numbers one and three Exxon Mobil and BP each delivered record first quarter earnings. Exxon's more than tripled from a year ago while BP's were up 132%.
