ExxonMobil’s profits go way of oil prices

USA
ExxonMobil’s profits more than halved during the second quarter of 2015 compared to the previous year, as the company’s fortunes followed the slide in oil prices. The super-major reported a net profit of $4.19 billion between April and June, a 52-percent year-on-year drop from $8.78 billion.

The company’s total upstream profits plunged more than $5.8 billion from the previous year to $2 billion. Profits netted in the US market were marked at $47 million, down around $1.2 billion, while international earnings stood at $2.1 billion, a fall of around $4.6 billion from 2014.

ExxonMobil did see a strong performance downstream, following a market trend demonstrating the sector’s resilience to the low oil price environment. Downstream profits were up $755 million to $1.5 billion, while the chemicals division turned a $1.2 billion profit, a gain of $405 million.

The company reported production increases in crude and liquids, though not gas, contributing to total output of 4 million barrels of oil equivalent, signalling a year-on year rise of 139,000 barrels, or 3.6-percent.

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