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Marketing

Marketing comprises Mobility, Lubricants, and Sectors and Decarbonisation activities. Mobility operates Shell’s retail network, including electric vehicle charging services. Lubricants produces, markets and sells lubricants for road transport, and for machinery used in manufacturing, mining, power generation, agriculture and construction. Sectors and Decarbonisation sells fuels, and speciality products and services, including energy solutions that help customers reduce emissions in the aviation, marine, commercial road transport and agricultural sectors, among others.

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Segment earnings
($ billion)
2.1 2021: 3.5
Adjusted Earnings
($ billion)
2.8 2021: 3.5
Cash flow from operating activities
($ billion)
2.4 2021: 5.0
Marketing sales volumes
(thousand b/d)
2,503 2021: (2,433)
Key statistics [A]

 

 

$ million, except where indicated

 

2022

2021

2020

Segment earnings [B]

2,133

3,535

4,081

Including:

 

 

 

Revenue (including inter-segment sales)

121,243

83,748

55,997

Share of profit of joint ventures and associates

237

385

491

Interest and other income

(104)

278

143

Operating expenses [C]

8,384

7,501

6,305

Underlying operating expenses [C]

8,281

7,366

6,161

Depreciation, depletion and amortisation

1,900

1,700

1,499

Taxation charge/(credit)

903

903

846

Identified Items [C]

(622)

68

13

Adjusted Earnings [C]

2,754

3,468

4,068

Adjusted EBITDA (CCS basis) [C]

5,324

6,021

6,455

Capital expenditure

4,527

2,122

1,684

Cash capital expenditure [C]

4,831

2,273

1,774

Marketing sales volumes (thousand b/d)

2,503

2,433

2,276

[A]

With effect from January 1, 2022, our reporting segments are Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, Renewables and Energy Solutions and Corporate. Comparative information has been revised.

[B]

See Note 8 to the “Consolidated Financial Statements”. Segment earnings are presented on a current cost of supplies basis.

[C]

See “Non-GAAP measures reconciliations”.

Business conditions

For the business conditions relevant to Marketing, see “Market overview”.

Marketing sales

In 2022, Marketing sales volumes were 2,503 thousand barrels of oil per day (TBL/day), which was 3% higher than 2021 sales volumes of 2,433 TBL/day, mainly as a result of demand recovery in aviation (within Sectors and Decarbonisation).

per day
volumes are converted into a daily basis using a calendar year
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