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Note 21 - Leases

Shell has lease contracts in Integrated Gas and Upstream, principally for floating production storage and offloading units, subsea equipment, drilling and ancillary equipment, service vessels, LNG vessels and land and buildings; in Marketing, principally for land and retail sites, in Chemicals and Products, principally for plant pipeline and machinery, tankers and storage capacity; in Renewables and Energy Solutions, principally for power generation, storage capacity and land; and in Corporate, principally for land and buildings. Shell’s obligations under its leases are secured on the leased assets.

Right-of-use assets

Right-of-use assets are included in property, plant and equipment for the following amounts:

2022

 

 

 

 

 

$ million

 

Exploration and production

Manufacturing, supply and distribution

 

 

 

Exploration and evaluation

Production

Other [B]

Total

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1

5

14,322

15,748

8,031

38,106

Additions

1,088

2,305

2,111

5,504

Sales, retirements and other movements [A]

(5)

(569)

(1,530)

319

(1,785)

Currency translation differences

(166)

(60)

(562)

(788)

At December 31

14,675

16,463

9,899

41,037

Depreciation, depletion and amortisation, including impairments

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1

7,935

5,946

2,273

16,154

Charge for the year

1,182

2,223

797

4,202

Sales, retirements and other movements [A]

(751)

(1,444)

23

(2,172)

Currency translation differences

(91)

(30)

(143)

(264)

At December 31

8,275

6,695

2,950

17,920

Carrying amount at December 31

6,400

9,768

6,949

23,117

[A]

Includes the reclassification of right-of-use assets to assets held for sale. (See Note 18).

[B]

Other mainly includes lease contracts for retail sites, land and buildings in Marketing, Renewables and Energy Solutions and Corporate.

2021

 

 

 

 

 

$ million

 

Exploration and production

Manufacturing, supply and distribution

 

 

 

Exploration and evaluation

Production

Other [A]

Total

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1

5

14,440

14,526

7,384

36,355

Additions

311

2,149

1,420

3,880

Sales, retirements and other movements

(365)

(868)

(259)

(1,492)

Currency translation differences

(64)

(59)

(514)

(637)

At December 31

5

14,322

15,748

8,031

38,106

Depreciation, depletion and amortisation, including impairments

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1

6,997

5,013

1,793

13,803

Charge for the year

1,373

2,060

783

4,216

Sales, retirements and other movements

(400)

(1,093)

(157)

(1,650)

Currency translation differences

(35)

(34)

(146)

(215)

At December 31

7,935

5,946

2,273

16,154

Carrying amount at December 31

5

6,387

9,802

5,758

21,952

[A]

Includes the reclassification of right-of-use assets to assets held for sale. (See Note 18).

[B]

Other mainly includes lease contracts for retail sites, land and buildings in Marketing, Renewables and Energy Solutions and Corporate.

Lease arrangements

Lease liabilities are secured on the leased assets.

Shell also has certain lease contracts of items with lease terms of 12 months or less. For these lease contracts, Shell applies the ‘short-term lease’ recognition exemption. Lease expenses not included in the measurement of lease liability are:

Lease expenses not included in the measurement of lease liability

 

 

$ million

 

2022

2021

Expense relating to short-term leases

552

644

Expense relating to variable lease payments

1,251

1,172

The total cash outflow in respect of leases representing repayment of principal and payment of interest in 2022 was $6,280 million (2021: $6,777 million), recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows within Cash flows from financing activities.

The future lease payments under lease contracts and the carrying amounts at December 31, by payment date are as follows:

2022

 

 

 

$ million

 

Contractual lease payments

Interest

Lease liabilities

Less than 1 year

5,914

1,533

4,381

Between 1 and 5 years

15,624

4,655

10,969

5 years and later

17,935

5,642

12,293

Total

39,473 [A]

11,830

27,643

[A]

Future cash outflows in respect of leases may differ from lease liabilities recognised due to future decisions that may be taken by Shell in respect of the use of leased assets. These decisions may result in variable lease payments being made. In addition, Shell may reconsider whether it will exercise extension options or termination options, where future reconsideration is not reflected in the lease liabilities. There is no exposure to these potential additional payments in excess of the recognised lease liabilities until these decisions have been taken by Shell.

2021

 

 

 

$ million

 

Contractual lease payments

Interest

Lease liabilities

Less than 1 year

5,805

1,667

4,138

Between 1 and 5 years

15,889

4,972

10,917

5 years and later

18,309

5,857

12,452

Total

40,003

12,496

27,507

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liquefied natural gas
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