By the numbers Oil profits

$3: Average cost of gallon of gas in U.S.

$10.36 billion: Exxon Mobil quarterly profits April-June 2006

2: Ranking of those profits, second highest in history

$10.71 billion: Exxon’s highest profits ever, fourth quarter 2005

Source: Christian Science Monitor Web site


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