Shell sets new UK profits record
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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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US oil giant Chevron said its full-year 2006 profit rose 22 percent to a company record 17.1 billion dollars even though fourth-quarter results were squeezed by falling energy prices.
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UK company profits outside the  financial sector continue their stand at close to record level, figures show.
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High oil and gas prices and bigger profit margins in refining helped the British energy giant BP PLC nearly double its third-quarter earnings.
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Resource stocks kept London equities in positive territory on Friday, and fresh record oil prices helped BP shares shrug off news of record fines from US regulators.
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Natural gas producer and pipeline  company Williams Cos. Inc.  posted better-than-expected  quarterly profit on Thursday as higher margins for natural gas  liquids offset weaker gas prices.
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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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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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Oil giant Exxon Mobil reports $40.6bn net profits in 2007, a record for a US company.
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The Hewlett-Packard Company said yesterday that its profits rose 27 percent in the fourth quarter as revenues reached record levels across its business lines.
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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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BHP Billiton on Wednesday reported its highest profit ever as it beefed up production to meet rising demand from China that bolstered prices for its copper, zinc, silver and lead.
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ExxonMobil (XOM:NYSE - news - research) stepped up to the plate Thursday with record-breaking profits that raced past Wall Street estimates.
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Britannia Building Society thanks its recent purchase of Bristol & West for lifting first-half profits to a record Â£76m.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc  posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying quarterly profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices.
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Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, on Friday said its fourth-quarter earnings rose as record prices for oil outweighed relatively weak refining profits.
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Record oil prices lifted Exxonâs fourth-quarter earnings to $11.66 billion, the highest ever operating profit by a U.S. company.