The BusinessWeek 50 Ranking
2
ConocoPhillips
Nearly three years after the merger that created it, ConocoPhillips is proving a nimble competitor. It's built an enviable portfolio of oil and gas projects, including a 10% stake in Russia's Lukoil. Properties like that should keep production growing at a healthy clip. The Houston-based company is also investing in refining projects that let it benefit from lower prices for heavier, lower-quality oils. Surging energy prices played a part in last year's rich profits, which rose 77%. But aggressive cost-cutting and asset sales gave it financial might to pursue big plans abroad.
Company Info
| 2004 Rank | 8 |
| STOCK INFO | COP |
| Market Value | $77 BILLION |
| Total Return | (1-yr.) 64.5%
(3-yr.) 103.2% |
| 2004 sales | $118.7 BILLION |
| Sales Growth | (1-yr.) 31%
(3-yr.) 74.1% |
| Net income | $8.1 BILLION |
| Net Income Growth | (1-yr.) 77%
(3-yr.) 96.0% |
| Net Margin* | 6.8% |
| Return on Equity* | 19.0% |
| Industry | ENERGY |
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Company Snapshot
ConocoPhillips operates as an integrated energy company worldwide. It operates in six segments: Exploration and Production, Midstream, Refining and Marketing, LUKOIL Investment, Chemicals, and Emerging Businesses. The Exploration and Production segment primarily explores for, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It also mines deposits of oil sands in Canada and upgrades into a synthetic crude oil. The Midstream segment gathers and processes natural gas; and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids, primarily in the United States, Canada, and Trinidad. The Refining and Marketing segment purchases, refines, markets, and transports crude oil and petroleum products, mainly in the United States, Europe, and Asia. LUKOIL Investment segment consists of 10% interest in LUKOIL, an international, integrated oil and gas company. The Chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics. The Emerging Businesses segment encompasses the development of new businesses, including new technologies related to natural gas conversion into clean fuels and related products. In addition, the company provides technological solutions in deepwater exploration and production, reservoir management and exploitation, 3-D seismic technology, petroleum coke upgrading, and sulfur removal. It operates in the United States, Norway, the United Kingdom, Canada, Venezuela, Indonesia, offshore Timor Leste in the Timor Sea, Australia, Vietnam, China, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia. ConocoPhillips was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
No. of Employees
35,800
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