Profit rise as Shell unites board
550391
Oil giant Shell is to abolish its twin board structure as it unveils a strong set of  profits helped by record oil prices.
584258
ConocoPhillips  posted higher  fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday as record oil prices  outweighed lower profits from gasoline production.
6694
Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY.N on  Monday reported a higher quarterly profit, benefiting from high  oil and gas prices.
15031
Anglo-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch Shell has posted record annual net profit of 25.44 billion dollars (19.54 billion euros) but saw output falter due partly to production problems in Nigeria.
601256
Health insurer posted a rise in quarterly net profit as  increased membership boosted revenue.
77551
BP and Shell are on track to unveil record quarterly profits helped by surging world oil prices, press reports claim.
57523
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.
749828
Oracle Corp. , the world&#39;s  third-largest software maker, reported on Tuesday higher  quarterly profit as sales of products it acquired over the past  year helped boost earnings.
742286
Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY.N,  among the top U.S. oil and gas producers, on Thursday said  quarterly profit shot up 70 percent, spurred by the dramatic  rise in oil and gas prices in recent months.
126554
Profit was up despite a drop in production, but Shell warned that the underlying performance of its refining operations was weaker than it appeared.
301417
Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 40 percent rise in second-quarter earnings Thursday, helped by high oil prices.
656870
BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, beat analysts' expectations to report bumper third  quarter earnings on Tuesday on the back of high oil prices and  strong refining and chemicals margins.
523910
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.
428937
LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British oil giant BP on Tuesday posted a jump in third quarter profits amid surging oil prices, but plans to spend more in 2005 helped pressure shares.
306095
BP Plc&#39;s oil and gas production rose 11 percent on the year in the third quarter but analysts expect strong earnings for the quarter to be mainly due to runaway oil prices rather than BP&#39;s record in finding oil.
23519
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that net profits leapt 23 percent last year to a record 31.331 billion dollars (21.115 billion euros), energised by soaring crude prices.
45912
The warning came during its earnings report and on a day when Shell said it would merge the two entities that make up the company, unifying the boards and management.