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Tarps99
New Orleans Saints Fan
Lafourche Parish
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
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Exxon Mobil: $17.9 billion Shell: $10 billion Chevron: $11.6 billion Conoco: $5.1 billion


That money goes somewhere, and some of it goes back into the government in the form of taxes, and dividends to shareholders. Some of it also reinvested back into the company for new wells training, new equipment, political graft, social justice initiatives, etc.


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notiger1997
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
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You ever looked at gas prices in South America?


LOL


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Madking
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
You do know they use oil to make a lot more than gas right?


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Taxing Authority
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
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Now compare their profit margins to other companies and think about it
A $3.00 Starbucks coffee works out to well over $2,000/bbl. Oil is trading aroun $100/bbl. Who is ripping off consumers?


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GRTiger
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
What is the correct amount of profit for a product everyone in the world uses in every aspect of their lives?

Demand has skyrocketed since COVID and supply can't catch up. What would happen to the supply, demand, and availability of oil if they cut the price in half despite market conditions?


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CDawson
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
Did you know the government makes more on a gallon of gasoline than any of the evil oil companies?

Also, it is short sighted to look at them as “gas companies”. These companies invest billions and take all of the risk to produce many of the products needed for many of the most necessary manufacturing supply chains.


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TNoon
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re: What am I missing on my thinking about oil companies
Your General point is made and agree, but these are not profits. Gross sales for quarter end
This post was edited on 10/27 at 9:38 pm


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