Exxon Mobil profit dips on lower gas prices, margins
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Exxon Mobil Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday on weaker natural gas prices and shrinking gasoline profits, but earnings for the full year 2006 were an eye-popping $39.5 billion, the highest in U.S. history.
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Fourth-quarter profit fell by 9 percent as energy prices declined, but the company still ended up with its third consecutive year of record earnings.
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Russian gas monopoly Gazprom reports a slight fall in profits because of a dip in prices and demand.
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U.S. oil prices hit their lowest in  more than a month on Monday on continued profit-taking as  producer group OPEC sought to increase its tight spare capacity  and the U.S. summer driving season approached its end.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday after  Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N was downgraded by a brokerage and oil  prices rose, raising investor concerns about the health of  corporate profits and economic growth.
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Stock futures fell on Monday, with   energy companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N in focus as   crude oil fell below $66 a barrel, extending a six-day sell-off   that has taken prices to their lowest since April.
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Schlumberger Ltd. , the world's largest oilfield services company, on Friday posted a third-quarter profit but weakness in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and a pullback in its Russian operations weighed on shares.
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U.S. oil prices fell below $43 on  Monday on continued profit-taking as producer-group OPEC eyed  increases in the coming months in its tight spare capacity,  countering worries over stumbling Iraqi oil exports.
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U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy Inc.  on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit declined 5 percent as lower natural gas prices and higher expenses weighed on results.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. , the  largest U.S. warehouse club operator, on Wednesday posted  lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by higher taxes and  soaring oil prices that pressured margins at its gas stations.
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ConocoPhillips said refined fuel prices failed to keep pace with gains by crude oil, narrowing profit margins on gasoline and diesel.
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The company said lower refining margins and gas prices were exacerbated by disruptions at some refineries.
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Noble Energy Inc.  said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell as weakness in natural gas prices weighed on results.
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Oil prices fell below $69 a barrel Tuesday amid expectations that U.S. fuel inventory data will again show a rise in crude and gasoline stocks.
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U.S. stocks inched lower on Monday in  a quiet day on Wall Street as a sharp drop in oil prices  knocked down shares of energy-related companies such as Exxon  Mobil Corp.XOM.N.
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Energy giant BP has said that net profits dipped in 2006, reflecting a decline in production and refining margins, despite record peaks for crude oil prices in the middle of the year.
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British energy giant BP, reeling from fatal safety errors and a boardroom scandal, said Tuesday that third-quarter profits almost halved owing to lower output, US gas prices and refinery outages.