LONDON—Royal Dutch Shell said it will pursue “at pace” a $7 billion share buyback largely funded from the sale of its U.S. shale business as it faces liquefied natural gas (LNG) outages and slower fuel sales due to the economic hit from Omicron.
Shares in Shell, the world’s largest trader of LNG, were down 0.32 percent on Friday after a trading update ahead of its quarterly results on Feb. 3. This compared with a 0.12 percent rise in the broader European energy index.
