Exxon Posts Record $40.6 Billion Profit
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Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company -- $40.6 billion -- as the world's largest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year's end.
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits for a UK company, making Â£13.9bn.
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BP Plc, the world's second-largest  listed oil company by market capitalization, reported  above-consensus fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday thanks to  high oil prices and strong refining margins.
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Richard S. Fuld Jr., the chairman and chief executive of the brokerage firm Lehman Brothers Holdings, made $40.6 million in compensation last year after the company reported near-record profits, according to a regulatory filing yesterday.
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Oil services firm reports record profits but hints the fourth quarter won't be as rosy
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Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday its third-quarter net profit fell eight percent but still reached almost 6.4 billion dollars (4.5 billion euros) on the back of record oil prices.
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Exxon said it would spend much of the record $39.5 billion it earned last year by increasing investment in oil and natural gas projects.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N, the world's  largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday reported a 56  percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by soaring oil and gas  prices in the quarter.
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The No. 2 U.S. oil company reported a rise in quarterly profit pumped up by record oil and gas prices and gains on asset sales.
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Energy giant BP, the world's third-biggest oil major, reported on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net profit jumped sharply due to higher prices and volumes.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. Thursday reported the biggest annual profit on record for a U.S. corporation - earning more than $75,000 every minute of 2006 on the back of record oil prices.
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Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest non-government-controlled oil company, on Friday posted the highest-ever quarterly and yearly profits by a U.S. company, propelled by record oil prices.
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After months of soaring crude oil prices, BP, the world&#39;s second-biggest publicly traded oil company, reported a 43 percent rise in third-quarter profit on Tuesday and forecast
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ChevronTexaco Corp. CVX.N, the No. 2  U.S. oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit nearly  doubled, driven by record crude oil prices and soaring refining  margins.
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Oil hit a fresh record high of &#36;75.70 a  barrel on Friday after a U.S. government report showed strong  fuel demand in the world&#039;s top oil consumer.
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The worldâs largest oil service company said its second-quarter profit rose to $1.26 billion, driven by strength in its international markets. Still, Schlumberger cautioned that the short-term outlook for its North American business was uncertain due to record imports of liquefied natural gas and continued weakness in Canada.
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The company posted quarterly net profit of $904 million and revenue of $6.22 billion, up 29 percent from a year earlier.