Shell to cut investment by $15bn over three years
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Shell - higher profits but less investments as lower oil prices bite.
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Falling oil prices are forcing Royal Dutch Shell to cut back investment by some $15bn over the next three years.
The announcement came as Shell announced an increase in profits for the last three months of 2014, which rose to $4.2bn compared with $2.2bn in the same period a year earlier.
Full year earnings also rose to $19bn in 2014, up from $16.7bn in the previous year.
The company has sold off some $15bn in assets over the last year.
Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden said: "We are taking a prudent approach here and we must be careful not to over-react to the recent fall in oil prices.
"Shell is taking structured decisions to balance growth and returns.