Exxon Mobil profits rose 32 percent in the second four months of 2005. That amounts to $7.6 billion for a company that is debt-free with $25 billion on hand.
British Petroleum profits are up 38 percent, $6.7 billion.
For Conoco Phillips, the numbers are 56 percent and $3 billion.
I don't think the oil companies or their downstream refiners are suffering.
God forbid companies make a profit..
The policies that were supposed to hold the oil companies to account and made it possible for them to make those profits.