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Shell Refining Margin Jumps to $42 a Barrel in Q3

On air: Hank Ledger on Pre-Market Pixels
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  • First reported by OilPrice: “Shell’s Refining Margin Jumps 75% as Fuel Supplies Dry Up”.
  • Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 7:35 AM ET on Pre-Market Pixels, by Hank Ledger.

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  • OilPriceShell’s Refining Margin Jumps 75% as Fuel Supplies Dry Up

What BBN said about it

  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShell says its third-quarter refining margin jumped to a record. Lola Cruz is at a gas station with the details. Lola?

  2. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, OilPrice reports Shell expects its indicative refining margin at forty-two dollars a barrel, up from twenty-four in the second quarter.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThat's a seventy-five percent jump.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentFuel supplies are drying up, and Shell says that keeps the windfall coming.

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentMeanwhile, a pump here just ate a man's receipt and he's negotiating with it.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSir, Lola Cruz, BBN. Refiners are printing money. What do you make of it?

  7. Walt PruittI drive a minivan with a dog in it. Shell is having a great quarter and I'm paying for the dog's snacks in gas money.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Lola. The dog's snack budget is the real supply chain. Shell's margin is up seventy-five percent.

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