Chevron profit off on gas prices, mirrors industry
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell 9 percent, pulled down by weaker natural gas prices that have pared record earnings across the industry.
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ChevronTexaco Corp. CVX.N, the No. 2  U.S. oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit nearly  doubled, pushed up by record energy prices and higher refining  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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Centrica, the owner of British Gas, reports a 5% fall in operating profits despite the benefit of higher fuel bills.
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U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy Inc.  on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter profit fell as lower natural gas prices weighed on results.
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Oil giant BP Plc saw its third-quarter  profits reduced by energy trading losses after its dealers got  on the wrong side of volatile markets.
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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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Cnooc, a Chinese offshore oil producer, said first-half profit declined 11 percent, less than analysts had expected, as the company reined in operating costs.
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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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U.S. oil prices fell more than $1 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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British energy firm Centrica  said on Friday its market had become more challenging due to rising wholesale gas prices, but its underlying year profit would be broadly as expected.
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Alcoa Inc. AA.N, the world's biggest  aluminum producer, said on Monday its quarterly net profit  slipped because of higher energy costs, a weaker dollar and a  charge it took for divesting non-core businesses.
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British oil giant BP reported a drop in net profit for the three months to June on Tuesday, as energy production dropped for an eighth quarter running despite strong world demand for oil and gas.
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Exxon Mobil Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings Thursday on weak 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. corporate history.
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Exxon Mobil Corp.  reported a slight decline in fourth-quarter earnings Thursday due to lower natural gas prices and shrinking profits from gasoline sales.
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BP reported a 45 percent fall in  third-quarter replacement-cost profit to $3.867 billion due to  lower oil and gas production, problems at its refining division  and fewer asset sales which had flattered the year-earlier  result.
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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.