Oil firms 'set for profits boost'
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BP and Shell are on track to unveil record quarterly profits helped by surging world oil prices, press reports claim.
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New York - Investors are expected to focus on oil prices and earnings outlooks this week, and the slightest warning about revenues could weigh on stocks.
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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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Oil giant BP today said record fuel prices and better refining margins had helped it to bank nearly Â£1 million a day in profits. BP posted profits of 3.94 billion US
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Energy experts warn that the jump in the price of crude would raise prices for heating oil and gasoline in coming weeks.
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World oil prices climbed on Monday as  companies operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico braced for  output disruptions from powerful Hurricane Ivan.
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Comment is free: Jeremy Leggett: Oil firms' output is down, yet profits skyrocket. It all points to the crisis predicted by the peakists
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A new reporting period for company  earnings kicks into gear next week, giving investors a bit of  hard data to chew on, and markets could be volatile if the  price of crude oil stays north of $50 a barrel.
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Oil services firm reports record profits but hints the fourth quarter won't be as rosy
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Profit margins should continue to expand at Oil-Dri.
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Shares look set to open higher on Thursday with economic data dominating investors' agenda as the oil price hits a two-month high.
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BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (Â£8.7bn) as the company benefits from soaring oil prices.
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UK energy exploration firm BG Group posts a 22% rise in annual profits on the back of strong gas and oil prices.
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A new reporting period for company earnings kicks into gear next week, giving investors a bit of hard data to chew on, and markets could be volatile if the price of crude oil stays north of &#36;50 a barrel.
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The London share market could reach new two-year highs next week if worries about rising oil prices and the outlook for company earnings ease, analysts said.
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Top executives at three big U.S. oil  companies defended record profits on Sunday as necessary to  finance future investment, and one cautioned that summer  gasoline pump prices could go higher with hurricane season  underway.
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Heading into the heart of earnings season next week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.