The doubling of oil quotations compared to the previous year has brought huge profits in the first quarter balance of the most important oil companies worldwide.
ExxonMobil, the largest private oil company in the world, registered a record net earnings of 22.57 billion US dollars, with more than 16% more compared to the same period of last year. The indicator for the second important player in the market, Royal Dutch Shell, advanced with 29%, to 20.95 billion US dollars.
Also, British Petroleum has achieved a result of 13,441 billion US dollars, up by 23% and Gazprom Neft, the oil division of the Russian giant, earned a net profit higher by 73.8%, standing at 2.6 billion US dollars . The French from Total recorded an advance of 39% of the net outcome in the second quarter, from 7.3 billion US dollars, while Chevron had a substantial gain during this period, 5.98 billion US dollars, from the 5.38 billion US dollars recorded last year. Also, the rising oil quotations increased by 36% the net profit of the Norwegians from StatoilHydro, up to 3.7 billion US dollars in the second quarter.