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Shell (SHEL:NYSE) more than doubled its second-quarter earnings from a year earlier, as higher oil and gas prices, record refinery utilization, and strong trading boosted profits to above analyst expectations. Shell on Thursday reported adjusted earnings of $9.84 billion for the second quarter, more than double the $4.26 billion for the same period last year, and smashing analyst estimates of $8.8-$8.9 billion. The higher adjusted earnings reflected a jump in realized oil and gas prices, higher crude, fuel, and LNG trading profits, surging chemicals…

Saudi Aramco shut its 400,000-barrel-per-day Jazan refinery on July 27 after a Houthi attack damaged the facility, according to an IIR note seen by Reuters. IIR said the strike damaged the refinery’s Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle complex and tank farm. Repairs are tentatively expected to be completed by August 15.

The return of high temperatures is threatening firefighters hold on a vast blaze in the Gironde. Calmer conditions over the last two days have enabled authorities to stabilise the fires but as the region is placed under a yellow heat warning and new evacuation order come into force on July 28, fears are mounting that the blaze could once again spiral out of control.