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Chevron’s 3Q profit soars on oil prices
HOUSTON - Chevron Corp. said Friday its third-quarter profit more than doubled on the back of record crude prices this summer, though worldwide production fell during the period.
The San Ramon, California-based company, the second-largest U.S. oil company, said it made $7.89 billion, or $3.85 a share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, versus $3.72 billion, or $1.75 per share, at the same time last year.
Analysts were expecting average earnings of $3.25 per share based on a survey by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue shot up 43 percent to $78.87 billion from $55.2 billion.
Chevron capped off a continued string of robust quarterly profit reports from the world’s major oil companies, including another U.S. corporate profit record for No. 1 Exxon Mobil Corp.
Crude prices peaked at $147 near the start of the quarter in mid-July before embarking on a dramatic slide that has continued into the fourth quarter. When the third quarter ended Sept. 30, benchmark crude prices were still around $100 a barrel. In early trading Friday, they slipped below $64 a barrel.
“Our disciplined capital spending and tight control over costs remain extremely important in today’s uncertain economic climate,” said Chevron chairman and chief executive Dave O’Reilly. ¢Our strong balance sheet enables Chevron to continue investing in attractive projects that increase the production of oil and gas and improve the efficiency of our refinery network.”
Chevron said earnings from its exploration and production, or upstream, business rose about 80 percent in the quarter to $6.18 billion, buoyed by crude prices.
However, global production fell nearly 6 percent to an average of 2.44 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, hurt in part from late-summer hurricanes that shut down output in the Gulf of Mexico.
At its U.S. upstream arm, Chevron said the average sales price for a barrel of crude and natural gas liquids was $107 in the third quarter, up from $67 a year ago.
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