Higher safety costs hit BP profit
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Oil giant BP sees its latest profits fall 12% after it was hit by lower oil prices and higher safety spending.
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Oil giant BP reports a 15% rise in annual profits, buoyed by high crude prices in the first half of the year.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit in U.S. history Thursday, even though fourth-quarter earnings fell on lower natural gas prices and shrinking gasoline margins.
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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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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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Declining oil prices and mounting safety spending sent BP PLC's fourth-quarter profit down 22 percent to a two-year low, the oil company said Tuesday.
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British oil giant BP announced a fall in net profit in the three months to June following 24 months of continuously falling production despite strong world demand for energy.
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BP PLC said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 22 percent to a two-year low, driven down by the declining price of oil and increased safety spending after a series of high-profile mishaps including a deadly refinery blast in Texas and an oil spill in Alaska. The oil company also slashed its growth targets and raised its capital expenditure forecast for this year.
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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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The oilfield services provider said fourth-quarter profit rose almost 5 percent from a year ago, helped by growing business in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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BP PLC reported a 29 percent slump in third-quarter profits Tuesday due to higher maintenance costs and outages at key refineries, but some analysts said the worst might be over after a run of operational problems at Europe's second-largest oil company.
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High oil prices, combined with surging demand for oil products such as petrol, land BP another jump in profits.
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BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, reported bumper third-quarter profits on Tuesday  thanks to high oil prices, but analysts said higher capital  expenditure plans raised some concerns about the extent of  future share buybacks.
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British energy giant BP, the world's third-biggest major, said Tuesday that net earnings fell last year despite soaring oil prices as it was hit by falling output after a turbulent 2007.
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BP Plc, the world&#39;s second-largest publicly traded oil company, said oil and gas production rose 11 percent in the third quarter, less than analysts expected, as storms in the US Gulf of Mexico restrained growth.
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Schlumberger Ltd. , the world's largest oil service company, said on Friday its second-quarter profit rose as high energy prices drove demand for its products, especially in international markets.
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BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, reported bumper third-quarter earnings on Tuesday on  the back of high oil prices.