Trading Desks Boom While Big Oil Output Stalls | HappeningNow.news
Published Date: June 09, 2026

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Trading Desks Boom While Big Oil Output Stalls

Europe’s supermajors are set to report a strong quarter later this month and in early May thanks to their trading divisions.

Source OilPrice Updated April 18, 2026 AI Summary

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Europe’s supermajors are set to report a strong quarter later this month and in early May thanks to their trading divisions. While Big Oil does not report trading profits, BP, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Equinor all signaled they are making a lot of money on trade with oil and gas in what some say is the worst supply crisis in history. Shell was the first to flag “significantly higher” profits from oil and gas trading in its financial report for the first quarter of the year. The company attributed the expected windfall on the extreme…

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