The two reports converge on an unusually strong refining performance. CNBC reports the near-doubling in quarterly profit, while Bloomberg places the result among Shell's strongest ever; both describe refining margins as reaching a record level.
Bloomberg attributes Shell's second-highest profit to the record oil-refining margins. It also attributes the strength of those margins to fuel-making capacity being reduced by the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a causal explanation that is not presented in the supplied CNBC account.
The reporting establishes the direction and historical significance of the result but does not provide an exact profit figure. CNBC's account supplies the year-on-year comparison, while Bloomberg supplies the historical ranking and the attributed explanation involving constrained fuel-making capacity.