 Shell PLC LSE:SHEL, NYSE:SHEL today kicked off a new US4bn share buyback announced a US0.25 interim dividend and said it intends to increase the dividend for the fourth quarter 15 as it continues to reap the rewards of higher global energy prices. The buyback follows US6bn of shareholder distributions in the third quarter, a period where the oil supermajor saw income attributable to shareholders fall 63 from the previous quarter to US6.7bn. 