[thackney]

-—10% comes from when?
1998?

its not 1998 anymore.——

Perhaps you should update yourself with the costs associated in today’s petroleum market.

2006 ExxonMobil
$39.5B profit on $365.5B revenue, 10.8% profit

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34088/000119312507042435/d10k.htm#fin59931_2

1st Quarter 2007 ExxonMobil
$9.2B profit on $87.2B revenue, 10.6% profit

http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/11/115/115024/items/242049/1Q07_Earnings_Press_Release.pdf

2006 ConocoPhilliops
$15.5B profit on $183.7B revenue, 8.4% profit

http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2007+News+Releases/012407.htm

1st Quarter 2007
ConocoPhilliops
$3.5B profit on $41.3B revenue, 8.6% profit

http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2007+News+Releases/042507.htm

[greasepaint]

PLEASE tell me the return-on-investment.

PLEASE

nobody cares about thruput,
the important numbers
are PROFIT, and INVESTMENT