The EU has moved to tax fossil fuel companies on extra profits generated in European countries thanks to the surge in oil and gas prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In a trading update ahead of full-year results to be published next month, the group said cash flow from LNG business and gas trading activities in the final three months of the year was expected to be higher than in the previous quarter, despite lower gas prices.

(Reporting by Silvia Aloisi; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)