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Vol. 9, No. 9 Week of February 29, 2004
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Big energy companies had a bad year in 2002

Slim refining margins cut income sharply, U.S. Energy Information Administration report shows

Allen Baker

Petroleum News Contributing Writer

In the roller-coaster world of the oil industry, 2002 was not a good year. For the 28 biggest U.S. oil companies, net income was $20.6 billion, a decline of 45 percent from their $37.7 billion in earnings for 2001. It was also just 39 percent of the $53.2 billion those companies earned in 2000, the....

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Supply and demand

Natural gas glut

Less investment

Big piece of economy


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