Friday, May 11, 2018

FINAL: Propelled By Much Higher Oil & Gas Prices, the 43 Largest US Oil & Gas Companies Reporting Their March 2018 Earnings By 5-10-18 Generated a Total March 2018 Quarter Pretax Income Increase of a Whopping 51%, 13% Higher Than Any Other Major US Sector ........................................................................................ These 43 US Oil & Gas Companies Generated a March 2018 Quarter Total After-Tax Net Income Increase of 40%, Lower Than the Related 51% Total Pretax Income Increase Due Mainly To ConocoPhillips' $1.0 Bil Tax Benefit in the March 2017 Quarter Related To Its Disposition of Canadian Assets and to Chevron and ExxonMobil Both Having a Very High Mix of Their March 2018 Quarter Worldwide Pretax Profit Earned in Their Foreign Upstream Operations Where the Income Tax Rate Was Higher Than That in the US

From a review of SEC filings, the below chart shows the US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations, the US GAAP Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations and the related US GAAP Income Tax Expense for the March 2018 and 2017 Quarters for all US Oil & Gas Companies, Including Partnerships, with market caps above $10 Bil on April 30, 2018 and which have released their March 2018 earnings by May 10, 2018.
 US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP 
 US GAAP   US GAAP   Effective   Effective  Pretax Net
 US GAAP   Income   US GAAP   US GAAP   Income   US GAAP   Income   Income  Income Income
Pretax Tax Net Pretax Tax Net Tax Tax % Change % Change
Income Expense Income Income Expense Income Rate Rate March Qtr March Qtr
US Oil & Gas Companies March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr 2018 2018
Market Caps Above $10 Bil 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2018 2017 vs 2017 vs 2017
mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $
Exxon Mobil         7,240         2,457         4,783         5,918         1,828         4,090 33.9% 30.9% 22% 17%
Chevron         5,073         1,414         3,659         3,129            430         2,699 27.9% 13.7% 62% 36%
ConocoPhillips         1,776            876            900           (232)           (831)            599 49.3% 358.2% 866% 50%
Concho Resources         1,089            254            835         1,021            371            650 23.3% 36.3% 7% 28%
Occidental Petroleum         1,047            339            708            195              78            117 32.4% 40.0% 437% 505%
Enterprise Products Partners LP            917                5            912            777                6            771 0.5% 0.8% 18% 18%
Energy Transfer Partners LP            839             (40)            879            448              55            393 -4.8% 12.3% 87% 124%
EOG Resources            813            175            638              39              11              28 21.5% 28.2% 1985% 2179%
Valero Energy            731            149            582            433            112            321 20.4% 25.9% 69% 81%
Phillips 66            717            132            585            797            234            563 18.4% 29.4% -10% 4%
Energy Transfer Equity LP            716             (10)            726            368              38            330 -1.4% 10.3% 95% 120%
Kinder Morgan            706            164            542            691            246            445 23.2% 35.6% 2% 22%
Schlumberger Ltd            643            113            530            334              50            284 17.6% 15.0% 93% 87%
Cheniere Energy Inc            615              15            600            172               -              172 2.4% 0.0% 258% 249%
Noble Energy            543             (31)            574              59              12              47 -5.7% 20.3% 820% 1121%
Marathon Oil            524            168            356             (16)              34             (50) 32.1%
NM
3375% 812%
MPLX LP            427                4            423            187               -              187 0.9% 0.0% 128% 126%
Spectra Energy Partners            423                5            418            359                5            354 1.2% 1.4% 18% 18%
Apache Corp            388            182            206            538            271            267 46.9% 50.4% -28% -23%
Williams Partners LP            384               -              384            663                3            660 0.0% 0.5% -42% -42%
HollyFrontier            374              85            289             (55)             (17)             (38) 22.7% 30.9% 780% 861%
Plains All America            349              61            288            510              66            444 17.5% 12.9% -32% -35%
Plains GP Holdings LP            348              75            273            508            106            402 21.6% 20.9% -31% -32%
ONEOK            342              76            266            241              55            186 22.2% 22.8% 42% 43%
Cheniere Energy Partners LP            335               -              335              47               -                47 0.0% 0.0% 613% 613%
Williams Companies            325              55            270            606              37            569 16.9% 6.1% -46% -53%
Continental Resources            305              71            234                6                6               -   23.3% 100.0% 4983%
NM
Anadarko Petroleum            300            126            174           (178)              97           (275) 42.0%
NM
269% 163%
Andeavor            288              59            229            108              21              87 20.5% 19.4% 167% 163%
Marathon Petroleum Corp            257              22            235            142              41            101 8.6% 28.9% 81% 133%
Pioneer Natural Resources            228              50            178             (73)             (31)             (42) 21.9% 42.5% 412% 524%
Diamondback Energy            225              47            178            143                2            141 20.9% 1.4% 57% 26%
Magellan Midstream Partners LP            212                1            211            224                1            223 0.5% 0.4% -5% -5%
Halliburton            189            142              47             (57)             (25)             (32) 75.1% 43.9% 432% 247%
Cabot Oil & Gas            157              40            117            169              63            106 25.5% 37.3% -7% 10%
Technip FMC plc            141              49              92              37              52             (15) 34.8% 140.5% 281% -713%
Andeavor Logistics LP            139               -              139              92               -                92 0.0% 0.0% 51% 51%
Targa Resources              48                9              39             (39)              71           (110) 18.8%
NM
223% 135%
Hess Corp                8              73             (65)           (309)             (13)           (296) 912.5% 4.2% 103% 78%
National Oilwell Varco             (63)                3             (66)           (133)             (13)           (120)
NM
9.8% 53% 45%
Baker Hughes GE           (105)             (86)             (19)              74                8              66 81.9% 10.8% -242% -129%
Devon Energy           (181)             (28)           (153)            325                8            317 15.5% 2.5% -156% -148%
EQT Corp        (1,784)           (339)        (1,445)            351            101            250 19.0% 28.8% -608% -678%
Total all 43       28,048         6,962       21,086       18,619         3,589       15,030 24.8% 19.3% 51% 40%