BP Net Profit Gains 1.5 Percent
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BP said that second-quarter profit rose on the sale of the Coryton refinery in Britain and the West Texas pipeline in the United States to Occidental Petroleum.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, on Friday said its quarterly profit rose 18  percent, driven by a surge in crude oil prices, but its results  fell short of expectations and the stock fell in premarket  trading.
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Oil giant BP today posted record profits of $3.94bn (Â£2.14bn) after fuel prices hit new highs. The third quarter performance of Britain&#39;s biggest listed company came as oil prices rose to an average of almost $50 a barrel.
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BP today announced record third-quarter profits of Â£2.14 billion on the back of soaring oil prices. The worldâs second biggest oil firm said pro forma net earnings included a charge for exceptional items of Â£218 million.
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ChevronTexaco Corp., the No. 2 U.S. oil company, on Friday reported a rise in quarterly profit, pumped up by record oil and gas prices and gains on asset sales.
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Exxon Mobil Corp  said on Friday record oil prices boosted its fourth-quarter earnings to $11.66 billion, the highest ever operating profit by a U.S. company.
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The $39.5 billion profit topped the previous record for a U.S. company, which Exxon set in 2005.
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Profits at oil services firm Halliburton more than double to $1.5bn after its split from subsidiary KBR.
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Container shipping company Horizon Lines Inc.  reported a quarterly profit on Friday as revenue gains from rate increases and other factors more than offset volume softness.
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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China Petroleum &amp; Chemical Corp. (SNP), China&#39;s second-largest oil producer, said its first-half net profit rose 51%, on increased domestic demand and higher oil prices.
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ChevronTexaco Corp., the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit jumped, driven  largely by a sharp rise in oil and gas prices.
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BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, reported bumper third-quarter profits on Tuesday on  the back of high oil prices and stronger than expected refining  and chemicals margins.
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Bank of America Corp. , the second-largest U.S. bank, on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 5 percent as gains from equity investments helped offset soaring credit losses and lower earnings in its main business of retail banking.
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Stocks advanced on Thursday as a gain of more than $1 a barrel in oil prices boosted shares of energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , offsetting disappointment over a profit report from Goldman Sachs .
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The petroleum and chemical company posts solid results on the back of higher prices.
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Bank of America Corp. , the second-largest U.S. bank, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose 5 percent, as private equity and investment banking gains offset lower retail banking earnings and worsening loan quality.
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Gas giant BG Group has said that net profits leapt 23 percent last year on rising production and increased energy prices.