The European oil majors (Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, Eni and Repsol) benefitted dramatically from elevated oil and gas prices in the first quarter of 2021 as income returned to near pre-pandemic levels.
That’s according to data and analytics company GlobalData, who said the European oil majors saw large losses in 2020 as long-term oil and gas price forecasts were revised lower resulting in multi-billion-dollar asset impairments. However, far rosier dispositions have returned in 2021.