Shell profits surge to record 31 billion dollars in 2007
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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.
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Global mining giant Anglo American said its net profit struck 7.304 billion dollars (4.963 billion euros) last year, up 18 percent on 2006, boosted by high output and soaring metals prices.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc  said on Thursday its fourth-quarter current cost of supply (CCS) net profit rose 14 percent to $6 billion.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N, the world's  largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday reported a  rise in quarterly profit, driven by soaring oil and gas prices  in the quarter.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc  posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices.
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Energy giant Shell announces an annual profit of Â£9.32bn - a record for a UK-listed company.
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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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Exxon Mobil Corp. , the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday reported a rise in quarterly profit, driven by soaring oil and gas prices in the quarter.
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COMPUTER and printer maker Hewlett-Packard has reported record revenues in every business and every region, with quarterly profit up 27 per cent.
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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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Exxonâs profit of $39.5 billion broke the record it set last year for the largest profit ever by an American company.
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BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, reported bumper third-quarter profits on Tuesday on  the back of high oil prices and stronger than expected refining  and chemicals margins.
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Royal Dutch Shell will go ahead with a 325,000 barrel-per-day capacity expansion of its Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, at a cost of $7 billion, the Anglo-Dutch oil group said on Friday.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) posted a  2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating  analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil  prices.
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Statoil ASA said Monday that high oil prices boosted its revenues to a new record for 2005, with net profits more than doubling in the fourth quarter.
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Oil services firm reports record profits but hints the fourth quarter won't be as rosy
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 40 percent rise in second-quarter earnings Thursday, helped by high oil prices.