The Midas Touch

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ExxonMobil Chairman Rex Tillerson stated that the corporation's net income for the period from April through June was up 36 percent from the same period in 2005 and production increased 6 percent on an oil-equivalent basis as well.

Although much of the profit was attributed to the near-record cost of fuel, the news still sent ExxonMobil shares to their highest level ever and helped lift stocks higher in early Thursday trading.

Other oil companies also had a profitable second quarter. Royal Dutch Shell stated on Thursday that earnings during that period jumped 40 percent to $7.32 billion. Earlier in the week, British Petroleum reported its profit climbed 30 percent to $7.3 billion, and Houston-based ConocoPhillips announced that earnings rose 65 percent to $5.18 billion.

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