HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company โ $40.6 billion in 2007 โ as the world’s largest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year’sย end.
Exxon also set a U.S. record for the biggest quarterly profit, posting net income of $11.7 billion for the final three months of 2007, besting its own mark of $10.71 billion in the fourth quarter ofย 2005.
As hundreds of CO2 storage wells move toward development, the EPA is handing more regulatory authority to states โ despite concerns about safety and long-term liability.
Des compagnies pรฉtroliรจres, gaziรจres et certains mรฉdias cherchent ร ยซ vider de sa substance ยป les restrictions envisagรฉes.
Leaked lobbying records show oil, gas and media companies aim to โhollow outโ planned restrictions as key consultation takes place.
Thousands of schools closed their doors, and a third of all pupils were recorded absent in Wales as temperatures hit 37ยฐC.
