Catapulted

ConocoPhillips 4Q Income More Than Doubled

Good upstream operations capitalizing on strong commodity prices catapulted ConocoPhillips’ fourth quarter 2004 earnings to more than twice the level for the same period a year earlier, the company reported Wednesday. It recorded net income of $2.4 billion, or $3.44/share, this past quarter, compared with $1 billion, or $1.48/share, for the fourth quarter of 2003. Revenues were $40.1 billion, compared to $26 billion for the same period the previous year.

January 27, 2005

Mirant Sells Large Chunk of Canadian Aggregation, Storage Contracts to Cargill

Casting off the contracts that once catapulted it to the top of the gas marketer rankings, Mirant Corp. last Thursday said it will sell a significant portion of its Canadian gas aggregator, transportation and storage agreements to food processing giant Cargill Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but financially struggling Mirant said it would reduce its collateral obligations by about $200 million.

May 5, 2003

Mirant Sells Large Chunk of Canadian Aggregation, Storage Contracts to Cargill

Casting off the contracts that once catapulted it to the top of the gas marketer rankings, Mirant Corp. on Thursday said it will sell a significant portion of its Canadian gas aggregator, transportation and storage agreements to food processing giant Cargill Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but financially struggling Mirant said it would reduce its collateral obligations by about $200 million.

May 5, 2003