Esso reports record profit when gas was $1/Lt

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Yet another reason to hate Big Oil...

"Imperial Oil Ltd. made more than $1 billion the final three months of last year — the highest profit the oil giant has ever made — at a time when consumers were paying nearly $1 a litre for its Esso brand of gasoline.

That profit was nearly double the company's earnings in the fourth quarter of 2004, when it made $538 million or $1.53 a share."

More: http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/nat...so-060202.html

Edit: Friggin BASTARDS!!!!!