1st Quarter 2007 Results

1st Quarter 2007 results

• From 2007 onwards the Group is declaring its dividends in US dollars rather than in euros. A first quarter 2007 dividend has been announced of $0.36 per share, an increase of 14% over the US dollar dividend for the same period in 2006.

• $0.5 billion or 0.2% of Royal Dutch Shell shares were bought back for cancellation during the quarter.

Summary unaudited results

• First quarter 2007 reported income was $7,281 million or 6% higher than the same quarter a year ago.

• Exploration & Production segment earnings were $3,508 million compared with $3,743 million in the first quarter 2006. Earnings, when compared to the first quarter 2006, were mainly impacted by lower oil and gas price realisations, lower volumes and higher costs, reflecting current industry conditions.

• Gas & Power segment earnings were $803 million compared to $760 million a year ago. Earnings, when compared to the same quarter in 2006, reflected increased LNG sales volumes and LNG equity dividends, which were offset by lower marketing and trading results.

• Oil Products CCS earnings were $1,488 million compared to $1,333 million in 2006. Earnings reflected higher refinery and marketing margins partly offset by lower refinery utilisation and higher operational costs when compared to the first quarter 2006. Also in Downstream, Chemicals CCS earnings were $480 million compared to $139 million in 2006. Chemicals earnings reflected higher unit margins and full operations in the quarter at the Nanhai petrochemicals complex in China when compared to the same quarter in 2006.

• Cash flow from operating activities was $11.2 billion compared to $7.8 billion in the first quarter 2006. Excluding working capital movements and taxation effects, cash flow from operating activities was $9.7 billion compared to $9.2 billion a year ago (see note 7).

• Total cash returned to shareholders in the first quarter 2007 was $2.6 billion in the form of dividends and share repurchases.

• Capital investment for the first quarter 2007 was $5.6 billion, excluding the minority share of Sakhalin of $0.4 billion. Approximately $0.4 billion of proceeds were realised from divestments, and some $7.1 billion was used for acquisitions, mainly related to Shell Canada.

• Return on average capital employed (ROACE), on a reported income basis (see note 3), was 23.2%.

• Gearing (see note 5) was 14.6% at the end of the first quarter 2007 versus 12.0 % at the end of the first quarter 2006.

• As at March 31, 2007 Shell Investments Ltd (SIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, had taken up and accepted for payment approximately 94.5% of the outstanding common shares of Shell Canada not already owned by SIL. SIL has since exercised its right to acquire the remaining shares not already owned by SIL or its affiliates at the same price of C$45 per common share. The cash purchase price for the shares amounts to some $7.1 billion (See note 6).

• On April 11, 2007, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (now merged into Shell Petroleum N.V.) and The Shell Transport and Trading Company, Ltd., (formerly: The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c.) without admitting any wrongdoing, reached a settlement of asserted and unasserted claims arising out of the recategorisation of its proved reserves with representatives of shareholders who both resided and purchased Shell shares outside of the United States during the period of April 8, 1999 through March 18, 2004, inclusive. The agreement depends on the Amsterdam Court of Appeals declaring the settlement binding for all of the shareholders that it covers and is further subject to agreed opt-out and termination provisions.

• On April 18, 2007, Royal Dutch Shell completed the farm-out to OAO Gazprom of a 50% stake (plus 1 share) in the Sakhalin project in Russia. Royal Dutch Shell diluted its stake in the project from 55% to 27.5% for a total sale price of $4.1 billion. This transaction will be accounted for in the second quarter 2007. In addition, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation has announced its approval of the revised Environmental Action Plan, and the Supervisory Board of Sakhalin Energy has approved the Amended Development Budget. Additional agreements were also signed with the Russian Government, addressing the economic balance of the project.

Diluted earnings per share (see notes 1, 2 and 8)

• Exploration & Production earnings included a net income of $104 million, reflecting both a gain from divestments of $126 million and a charge of $22 million related to the mark-to-market valuation of certain UK gas contracts. Exploration & Production first quarter 2006 earnings included net gains of $113 million (mainly related to the resolution of contractual issues, partly offset by a $34 million charge related to the mark-to-market valuation of certain UK gas contracts).

• Gas & Power earnings included a net income of $39 million, reflecting gains of $110 million related to divestments and a charge of $71 million related to gas contract mark-to-market valuation.

• Oil Products earnings included a charge of $176 million related to impairment of certain assets.

• Corporate included a gain of $404 million related to the realisation of gains on the sale of the equity portfolio held by Group insurance companies.

The reduced effective tax rate for the quarter has been caused by a change in the mix of the Group's profits, partly as a result of specific items and partly as a result of production locations. The effective tax rate in future quarters is uncertain, and is impacted by changes in the mix of the Group's profits.

Summary table:

These items generally relate to events with an impact of greater than $50 million on earnings and are shown to provide additional insight in the segment earnings, CCS earnings and income attributable to shareholders. Further additional comments are provided in the section ‘Earnings per industry segment’ on page 5 and onwards.

Upstream

First quarter Exploration & Production segment earnings were $3,508 million compared to $3,743 million a year ago.

First quarter 2007 earnings included a net income of $104 million, reflecting both a gain from divestments of $126 million and a charge of $22 million related to the mark-to-market valuation of certain UK gas contracts. Exploration & Production first quarter 2006 earnings included net gains of $113 million (mainly related to the resolution of contractual issues, partly offset by a $34 million charge related to the mark-to-market valuation of certain UK gas contracts). Excluding these effects earnings were 6 % lower than a year ago.

Earnings reflected lower production volumes and oil and gas prices, higher costs, reflecting current industry conditions and increased pre-development activity levels, compared to the first quarter 2006.

Liquids realisations were 5% lower than a year ago, approximately in line with the marker crudes Brent (-7%) and WTI (-8%). Outside the USA gas realisations decreased by 1% whereas in the USA gas realisations decreased by 25%.

First quarter 2007 production was 3,509 thousand boe per day compared to 3,746 thousand boe per day a year ago. Year-on-year, oil production was broadly unchanged. Unusually low seasonal gas demand related to warm weather in North West Europe continued to impact gas sales.

Production compared to the first quarter 2006 included volumes from new fields including Erha (Shell share 44%) in Nigeria, E8 and B12 (Shell share 50%) in Malaysia, BlackRock (Shell share 100%) in Canada, Pohokura (Shell share 48%) in New Zealand, Enfield in Australia (Shell share 34%), Changbei (Shell share 50%) in China and Champion West Phase III (Shell share 50%) in Brunei.

Production from Shell Petroleum Development Company’s Nigerian operations was 78 thousand boe per day (Shell share) lower than a year ago due to deferred production mainly in the Western Delta resulting from security concerns. At the end of the quarter 188 thousand boe per day (Shell share) remained shut-in. Efforts continue towards restoring safe operational conditions in the Niger Delta and, following an improvement in the security situation, preparations for a restart are underway. No firm date can be given for a return to full production, nor the rate of ramp-up to full production. Restricted access to the area continues to impact the future drilling programme and the progress of new projects.

First quarter portfolio developments:

In China, Shell and PetroChina started commercial production and gas delivery from the Changbei gas field.

In New Zealand, Shell delivered first offshore gas from the Pohokura field. This follows the delivery of onshore gas achieved in September 2006.

Shell sold 45% of the newly created Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 BV (STV), an energy technology fund, to Coller Capital. Shell will remain the majority shareholder in the fund, which will focus on investing in non-exclusive Shell and third party exploration and production technologies.

LNG equity sales volumes of 3.30 million tonnes were 10% higher than in the same quarter a year ago, driven by additional sales at Nigeria LNG (Shell interest 26%) due to increased feedgas supply. This was complemented by high plant reliability across all of our LNG joint venture liquefaction plants.

Marketing and trading earnings benefited from storage optimisation in the first quarter 2007, but were lower than in the same period last year mainly due to milder weather in the first quarter 2007.

In Australia, the North West Shelf venture (Shell direct and indirect interests 22%) completed the renewal of long-term LNG purchase commitments with eight Japanese customers, totaling 4.3 million tonnes per annum over 6 to 8 years as from 2009.

First quarter segment earnings were $1,802 million compared to $2,103 million for the same period last year.

First quarter CCS earnings were $1,488 million compared to $1,333 million in the first quarter of 2006. Earnings for the first quarter 2007 included a net charge of $176 million related to impairment of certain assets.

CCS earnings increased as a result of higher refining margins, increased retail marketing margins and stronger margins in Lubricants. Earnings were partly offset by reduced refinery utilisation, higher operating costs, reduced trading profits, impairment charges and tax charges compared to first quarter 2006.

In Manufacturing, Supply and Distribution, industry refining margins were up significantly on the US West Coast, Europe and the East. Strong US Gulf Coast margins continued at similar levels to the first quarter of 2006. Refinery availability declined to 85.3% from 89.9% in the first quarter of 2006 mainly due to high levels of planned maintenance.

In Marketing, earnings increased compared to the same period a year ago mainly due to higher retail marketing margins, improved finished lubricants margins and continued strong base oil margins.

Marketing sales volumes declined 4.6% compared to volumes in the first quarter of 2006, including the impact of divested volumes (2.1%) and rationalised B2B and Retail volumes (0.7%).

First quarter portfolio developments:

In the first quarter, Shell announced the sale of the Los Angeles Refinery, Wilmington Products Terminal and approximately 250 retail sites to Tesoro Corporation. The sale of the refinery, terminal and retail sites is expected to close in mid 2007 after all regulatory approvals are obtained.

Shell announced a strategic review of the Petit-Couronne and Reichstett-Vendenheim refineries and the Berre-l’Etang refinery site complex in France, with a combined capacity of around 300 thousand barrels per day (Shell share 100%), and the Yabucoa petrochemical feedstock refinery in Puerto Rico, which has a capacity of 79 thousand barrels per day (Shell share 100%).

In Ukraine, Shell and OJSC Alliance Group announced a commitment to establish a joint venture to operate 150 Shell branded retail sites. Shell will have a 51% share of the joint venture. Start-up of operations is subject to fulfilment of certain conditions and regulatory approval.

In Europe, Shell signed agreements for the sale of its LPG businesses in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Spain and Switzerland. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close later this year.

First quarter segment earnings were $527 million compared to $183 million for the same period last year.

First quarter CCS segment earnings were $480 million compared to $139 million in the same quarter last year.

Earnings reflected improved margins and higher profits from equity-accounted investments, partly offset by lower trading earnings when compared to the same quarter in 2006. Higher earnings from equity-accounted investments included a full quarter of the Nanhai petrochemicals complex in China (Shell share 50%), which started up during the first quarter 2006. The decline in sales volumes mainly reflected a reduction in sales of lower margin products, including aromatics trading, as well as the marketing impact of planned turnaround activities in the Middle East. Chemicals manufacturing plant availability was 91%, approximately in line with availability rates in the first quarter 2006.

Earnings reflected higher capitalised interest, higher insurance underwriting income and lower currency exchange rate results when compared to the first quarter 2006.

Note

Second quarter results for 2007 are expected to be announced on July 26, 2007 and third quarter results are expected to be announced on October 25, 2007.

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