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Canadian oil and gas producer Encana Corp. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit above analysts' estimates but 7.3 per cent below the same period last year as a result of [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE ENERGY CALGARY -- As energy giants rush back into the oil sands, surging demand for labour and equipment threatens to drive construction costs skyward once again. 'It's [...]

Byline: Reuters BUSINESS TICKER / NORTH AMERICA Dynegy Inc. said yesterday it will sell eight power plants to private equity firm LS Power for around $1.5-billion (U.S.) in cash and [...]

Byline: DAVID PARKINSON When one of Canada's energy trust heavyweights - Penn West Energy Trust - releases its third-quarter earnings this morning, investors may focus more on where the company [...]

Byline: Reuters, AP Anadarko Petroleum Corp. yesterday said its third-quarter profit climbed sharply as the company benefited from a 9-per-cent jump in output and a $2.4-billion (U.S.) gain related to [...]

Byline: Reuters Husky Energy Inc.'s third-quarter profit jumped 65 per cent as oil prices hit a record before the global financial meltdown prompted a major pullback, the oil producer and [...]

Byline: AP Tycoon Li Ka-shing's conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reported a 63-per-cent drop in first-half profit yesterday, but still beat expectations. Profit for the six months ended June 30 was [...]

Byline: NORVAL SCOTT AND PAUL HAAVARDSRUD CALGARY -- Record commodity prices have given Canada's largest oil and gas companies war chests filled with ready cash that's likely to go toward [...]

Byline: NORVAL SCOTT CALGARY -- Husky Energy Inc. has kicked off the oil patch's quarterly financial reporting season with a record period, as soaring oil and gas prices drove the [...]

(Up) Canadian stocks advance on oil prices The S&P/TSX composite index rose 1.7 per cent to its third-highest close, as record prices for oil and better-than-expected profit from Yamana Gold [...]

Byline: CP Methanex Corp. said its first-quarter profit was cut by more than half on higher gas costs, lower sales and a 'rebalancing' from record prices of the chemical compound [...]

Byline: Reuters Fourth-quarter profit at Talisman Energy Inc. rose 10 per cent as tax rate cuts cushioned the impact of a drop in production, Canada's No. 3 independent oil explorer [...]

Byline: CP Husky Energy Inc. is expanding its foothold in Northern Alberta's oil sands by buying a more than 44,000-hectare parcel of land from Devon Energy Corp. Husky bought the [...]

Byline: Bloomberg Husky Energy Inc., a Calgary-based oil company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said third-quarter profit rose 12.8 per cent to $769-million on income from its newly [...]

Niko Resources Ltd., a Calgary-based oil and gas company with a focus on India, Bangladesh and Thailand, reported a drop in funds from operations and revenue in the first quarter, [...]

Byline: Reuters Fortis Inc. reported a higher second-quarter profit yesterday, but lower earnings per share, partly due to its acquisition of Terasen Inc. earlier this year. The company said it [...]

Byline: SCOTT HAGGETT; Reuters News Agency CALGARY -- Talisman Energy Inc. reported a 20-per-cent drop in second-quarter profit yesterday and said it will sell a parcel of Canadian oil and [...]

Chevron Corp. posted a 24-per-cent increase in second-quarter profit, the best among the world's biggest oil companies, because of record gasoline prices and the sale of a stake in Dynegy [...]

Byline: AP Royal Dutch Shell PLC said yesterday that profit rose 18 per cent in the second quarter, thanks to asset sales and strong increases in margins at oil refineries [...]

Byline: ALLAN ROBINSON Rising operating costs and low natural gas prices are not expected to hurt the second-quarter results for Petro-Canada today. Analysts forecast Petro-Canada's share profit increased 56 per [...]

Byline: NORVAL SCOTT; With a file from Reuters CALGARY -- Husky Energy Inc. says second-quarter profit was down from last year but it also reported higher cash flow and production [...]

OAO Gazprom, Russia's natural gas export monopoly, said profit in 2006 profit doubled to a record $22.6-billion (U.S.), beating estimates, as it sold more fuel at higher prices. Profit surged [...]

Byline: AP ConocoPhillips Co., the U.S.'s third-largest oil and gas producer, said yesterday its first-quarter profit rose 7.7 per cent as income from asset sales helped offset lower commodity prices [...]

Byline: AP Schlumberger Ltd. said yesterday its first-quarter profit rose 63 per cent to a record, as the world's largest oil field services provider continued to benefit from heavy activity [...]

Byline: Norval Scott Husky Energy Inc. reported strong first-quarter results yesterday, with earnings, cash flow and sales all up substantially on the same period in 2006, while the company's total [...]

Byline: AP Russian state-controlled gas monopoly OAO Gazprom said its profit for the first nine months of 2006 rose 90 per cent, boosted by the integration of oil unit Gazprom [...]

Calgary AB -- CALGARY Rigel Energy Corp. projects a loss of $8-million, or 11 cents a share, for 1996, president and chief executive Donald West told the company&#39s annual meeting. [...]

Stocks in London tumbled yesterday as concern that profits at British- based oil companies will drop now that the United Nations has reached a tentative deal to allow Iraq to [...]

Byline: Susan Bourette Susan Bourette Numac Energy Inc. yesterday reported a $178.8-million loss in 1995, citing a &#34lack of operational focus,&#34 a &#34high-risk&#34 development program and lower natural gas prices [...]

Calgary AB -- CALGARY Nova Corp.&#39s fourth-quarter profit plunged, but the company still managed to post record earnings of $702-million last year. Although Nova burst out of the starting gate [...]

Stock Snapshot: Sherritt Inc. Head office: Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. Telephone: 403-998-6443 Business: Fertilizer, oil and gas and advanced industrial materials and technology. Ownership: Widely held TSE symbol: SE Book value: [...]

Methanex Corp. yesterday reported a 98-per-cent drop in fourth-quarter profit and a 65-per-cent decline in annual earnings amid lower methanol prices during the second half of 1995. The Vancouver-based company [...]

Figures in &#39000s except share data Alpine Group Inc. 2nd Qtr Year Ago Sales $136,252 $40,552 Net Loss $529 $3,793 Per Share d$0.05 d$0.21 6 mos Year Ago Sales $265,036 [...]

Ottawa ONT -- Dow Jones and CP OTTAWA Canadian corporate operating profits rose 3.2 per cent to a seasonally adjusted $25-billion in the third quarter from a revised $24.2-billion in [...]

$10.37, up 25 cents Okay, maybe Nova&#39s shares were just caught up in yesterday&#39s post- referendum buying mania. But a sterling profit reported late Monday by the Calgary-based petrochemical and [...]

Byline: PATRICIA LUSH Vancouver BC -- BY PATRICIA LUSH British Columbia Bureau VANCOUVER Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. has joined the ranks of Canadian pulp and paper companies reporting record high [...]

$52.75, up $2.25 The oil and gas company said net profit in the second quarter fell 17 per cent, but who cares? Investors were more interested in a report in [...]

$21.25, up 50 cents The oil and gas company's stock was also active yesterday, trading nearly 1.2 million shares - compared with a daily average of about 140,000. The company [...]

Byline: BRENT JANG Calgary AB -- BY BRENT JANG Alberta Bureau CALGARY Lower earnings and reduced capital spending are in store this year for Numac Energy Inc. Stewart McGregor, Numac's [...]

Calgary AB -- Alberta Bureau CALGARY Nova Corp. plans to allot $1.2-billion for capital spending in 1995 as it looks forward to another year of record profits. The Calgary-based petrochemical [...]

Byline: BRENT JANG Calgary AB -- BY BRENT JANG Alberta Bureau CALGARY Talisman Energy Inc., enjoying the benefits of a major acquisition in 1994, posted a $23.7-million profit in this [...]

Calgary AB -- Bloomberg Business News CALGARY Shell Canada Ltd. says its first-quarter income from operations rose 47 per cent amid higher chemical profits and higher oil and natural gas [...]

Calgary AB -- Bloomberg Business News CALGARY Nova Corp. says its record first-quarter profit rose fivefold because of higher chemical prices and an increased contribution from its equity interest in [...]

Byline: ALLAN SWIFT Montreal PQ -- BY ALLAN SWIFT Canadian Press MONTREAL High natural gas prices and tourism helped giant conglomerate Canadian Pacific Ltd. post a $393-million profit after suffering [...]

Byline: MATHEW INGRAM BY MATHEW INGRAM Investment Reporter Not to be outdone by fellow chemical giant Methanex Corp. - of which it owns 24 per cent - Nova Corp. also [...]

Byline: ANDREW BELL BY ANDREW BELL Investment Reporter With files from Bloomberg. Methanex Corp. may be on its way to becoming Canada's most profitable company but investors don't seem too [...]

Byline: ANDREW BELL BY ANDREW BELL Investment Reporter Royal Bank of Canada made headlines with a profit of $1.17-billion in its latest year, but Methanex Corp., a Canadian success story [...]

Figures in '000s except share data Eastern Enterprises 3rd Qtr Year ago Revenue $206,817 $195,917 Net Loss $3,113 $20,998 Per Share d$0.14 d$0.93 9 Mos Year ago Revenue $871,455 $824,030 [...]

$29.62, up $1.12 Analysts say the market is starting to recognize the value in this Alberta-based oil and gas company. It was much-beloved by fund managers during the boom in [...]

Figures in '000s except share data Abbott Laboratories 3rd Qtr Year ago Sales $2,254,817 $2,060,443 Net Inco $351,342 $316,217 Per Share Alcoa 3rd Qtr Year ago Sales $2,561,600 $2,230,200 Net [...]