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MOSCOW -- A natural gas payment dispute between Russia and Ukraine that had been casting a shadow over European energy markets appeared to be winding down on Friday, as both [...]

LONDON -- Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that profit for the second quarter rose 206 percent to $5.3 billion, reflecting gains from asset sales under its new chief executive, […]

HOUSTON -- Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell reported large increases in second-quarter profits on Thursday, benefiting from oil and gasoline prices that have been propelled upward by political turbulence [...]

The power producer Dynegy posted a second-quarter loss on Thursday from accounting losses on forward sales contracts and bad weather in the Midwest. The company cut its outlook for the […]

The oil company BP reported a 28 percent rise in second-quarter profit on Tuesday while North America's largest refiner, Valero Energy, said its earnings for the period fell 67 percent. […]

Higher oil and natural gas prices helped Royal Dutch Shell and BP report record first-quarter profits on Tuesday, beating analysts' expectations and prompting share gains across the industry. The results […]

Gazprom, Russia's natural gas export monopoly, said 2006 profit doubled, to a record $22.6 billion, beating estimates, as it sold more fuel at higher prices. Net income surged 97 percent, […]

Statoil, an oil company controlled by Norway's government, reported a 15 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit, despite a sharp increase in revenue, mainly because of the write-down of the value […]

Gazprom, Russia's largest company and the world's largest natural gas supplier, reported a 34 percent rise in net profit for the first quarter. The increase nearly mirrored the 30 percent […]

The energy marketer Dynegy reported a first-quarter loss on Monday and blamed charges associated with the settlement of shareholder litigation. The company also said it was planning to sell its […]

China's largest offshore oil producer said its 2004 profit surged 40 percent, to a record 16.19 billion yuan ($1.96 billion), on higher oil prices and an increase in oil and […]

China's third-largest oil company, CNOOC, said first-half net profit rose 11 percent on strong oil prices, to 7 billion yuan ($845.76 million), but rising costs and sluggish output growth capped […]

The gas company Gazprom, which supplies about a quarter of Europe's gas, said it earned $5.5 billion last year, up from $1 billion a year earlier, but analysts were disappointed […]

The Anadarko Petroleum Corporation reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly operating earnings yesterday, bolstered by rising oil and natural gas prices and increased sales volumes. But net income dropped […]

The Murphy Oil Corporation said third-quarter profit was $4.4 million lower than it reported last month because of costs for an unsuccessful natural-gas well in Alberta. The costs related to […]

Yukos, Russia's No.1 oil company, reported a 26 percent surge in quarterly profit on Monday as the company's battle with political authorities at home continued to escalate. Second-quarter profit jumped […]

China's top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC Ltd., said yesterday that first-half net profit jumped 75 percent, helped by higher oil prices and increased output. CNOOC, the China National […]

The power producers Reliant Resources, the CMS Energy Corporation and Aquila had second-quarter losses as the companies left certain markets, sold less electricity because of milder weather and faced higher […]

The Marathon Oil Corporation said yesterday that asset sales in Texas and the dissolution of a venture with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners would reduce second-quarter profit by $75 million to […]

Equitable Resources Inc., which extracts and sells natural gas in the eastern United States, will take fourth-quarter pretax charges of $120 million to pay for job cuts and to write […]

Kvaerner A.S.A., Europe's largest shipbuilder, said yesterday that its second-quarter profit slid a greater-than-expected 94 percent, dragged down by write-downs, interest payments and a slump in shipbuilding profit. Kvaerner said […]

The British Petroleum Company posted a stronger-than-expected 19.3 percent rise yesterday in first-quarter profit, reflecting higher oil prices and cost-cutting efforts. The concern said profit before one-time items rose to […]

The stock of the NGC Corporation dropped 20 percent yesterday after the company said costs associated with its natural gas business would drive its first-quarter profits far below expectations. NGC, […]

Statoil, Norway's state-owned oil company, said yesterday that its pretax profit jumped 42.4 percent in the third quarter as higher oil prices and wider refining margins offset a drop in […]

b-Included a gain of about $ 200 million, which reflected the gain from the initial public offering of Vastar Resources Inc., partially offset by charges for personnel reductions and other […]

b-Included income from discontinued operations of $ 77 million, or 37 cents a share. Results from the company's natural resources business, Union Pacific Resources Group Inc., have been reclassified as […]

b-After a loss from discontinued operations of $ 379,000, or 2 cents a share, and an extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt of $ 5,180,000, or 30 cents a […]

b-Included real estate asset write-downs of $ 112.8 million before taxes, plus gains from the settlement of the Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America natural gas sales contract and a […]

(Loss) The results reflected the company's conversion to successful efforts accounting effective Dec. 31, 1994 and the associated restatement of 1994. Revenue is total […]

b-Net loss (Loss) Results for the year-ago quarter included a net gain of $ 13 million on the disposal of assets. Declared dividends on preferred shares were $ 12 million […]

b-Included a gain equivalent to six cents a share recorded by the company's NNG Energy Systems unit due to a final distribution under the reorganization plan of its California cogeneration […]

b-Included charge of $ 1.1 million, or 1 cent a share, related to damage at a gas processing plant. c-Net loss (Loss) Year-ago quarter's results were pro forma to include […]

b-Included a charge for merger expenses with Dekalb Energy Co., equal to 12 cents a share. The results for the latest quarter have been […]

The company is listed on the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver stock exchanges with the ticker symbol PCP. Results are in Canadian […]

b-Included a noncash inventory market adjustment at Clark USA Inc., which added $ 7.1 million to […]

b-Included a gain of $ 1.98 million, or 18 cents a share, from the sale of propane assets and reduction in investment in high temperature combustion technology. Excluding the gain […]

Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian industrial giant, yesterday reported an 85 percent increase in its second-quarter profit, prompted by higher income from the farm and light-metals areas. The overall increase came […]

The year-ago quarter figures are pro forma, based on the assumption that the 97.25 million common shares outstanding subsequent to its July 5, 1994 initial public offering were outstanding during […]

b-Included gain of 3 cents a share from the sale of Dalen Resources Corp., an oil and gas exploration firm, completed in June 1995. c-Included charge of $ 50 million, […]

b-Net income, which included nonrecurring litigation accural of $ 3 million in the quarter and $ 12 million in the 9 months. (Loss) The company said it was able to […]

b-Consisted of a loss from continuing operations of $ 2,129,000; a $ 2,557,000 gain on the sale of the company's Missouri pipeline operations; and a $ 3,824,000 gain on the […]

b-Included a pretax gain of $ 391,143,000 on the company's settlement with Metallgesellschaft Corp. and a pretax provision of $ 346,106,000 for possible losses on the disposition of its two […]

Results are in Canadian dollars. The company is listed on the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver stock exchanges with the ticker symbol […]

b-Included a provision of $ 27 million to recognize future lease costs for Calgary office space, and finance charges of $ 36 million for amortization of deferred foreign-exchange losses. c-Included […]

Results are in Canadian dollars. The company is listed on the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver stock exchanges with the ticker symbol […]

b-Included after-tax non-cash write-down of $ 145 million, or $ 1.56 a share, of cost of gas and oil producing properties. c-Net income […]

b-Included non-recurring after-tax gains of $ 9.6 million from reversal of litigation provision and sale of oil and gas properties. Before the gains, the company had a $ 3.4 million […]

b-Included a gain of $ 2 million from the sale of propane assets and a reduction in its investment in high temperature combustion […]

Equitable Resources said exceptionally warm weather in the latest first quarter cut deeply into heating sales, which cost the company $ 3 million in utility earnings and helped drive down […]

Year-ago first quarter's share earnings are pro forma, based on the assumption that the 97.25 million common shares outstanding subsequent to its July 5, 1994 initial public offering were outstanding […]