Shell Trippin': Profiting Off War While Da Block Struggle
Shell’s pockets gettin' fat off Iran beef, but gas prices still sky high on the corner — where’s the justice?
Aight, so peep this: Shell 'bout to drop a bag, right? Like, they expectin' profits to jump from a measly $100 million to somewhere between $200 and $700 million this quarter. All 'cause of this mess with Iran and all that. War is a racket, man, straight up.
They sayin' it's 'cause of their oil tradin' desks and even that renewable energy stuff. Bet they ain't reinvestin' that money back into the community, tho. Nah, that money goin' straight to they shareholders while folks out here can't even afford to fill they tank.
But hold up, it ain't all gravy. They gas production down 'cause of some strikes in Qatar at the Ras Laffan LNG complex. So, basically, war messin' with they supply, which means prices gon' go even HIGHER. Sh*t, gas already costin' an arm and a leg. Now we gotta sell a kidney just to get to work? Nah, son.
They sayin' they gas production gonna drop 'bout 5%, down to like 880,000-920,000 barrels a day. Cyclone Narelle messin' with they operations down under too. But they tryin' to make up for it with that LNG Canada venture. Whatever, man. Still ain't tricklin' down to the block.
Remember when oil prices went crazy after Iran started gettin' active in the Strait of Hormuz? Sh*t was wild. Then they had that lil' ceasefire and prices dipped a bit, but it's still way higher than last year. We gettin' played, fam. Straight up robbed.
Shell's CEO, Wael Sawan, talkin' 'bout energy shortages in Europe. Tell 'em to come to the hood, they'll see a REAL shortage of opportunities and resources. He sayin' they workin' with governments to fix things. Translation: lobbyin' for tax breaks and gettin' richer off our backs.
He sayin' South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, and now Europe feelin' the heat. But the hood been feelin' the heat for decades, man. Decades! This ain't new to us. This just the latest way they stealin' from us.
This whole situation just shows how the system rigged. They profit off war, they profit off our struggle, they profit off everything. We gotta wake up and start lookin' out for each other, 'cause ain't nobody else gonna do it for us. Real talk.
Next time you at the pump and that number keep climbin', remember this: they laughin' all the way to the bank while we out here hustlin' just to survive. Gotta stay woke, fam. Stay woke.
