
ConocoPhillips posts $3B quarterly profit after UK sale
Source: Houston Chronicle Houston’s ConocoPhillips reported a nearly $3.1 billion quarterly profit on Tuesday that spiked more than 60 percent from a year prior, but the big jump benefited from about $2 billion in proceeds from the recent sale of its North Sea business in the United Kingdom. The largest independent oil and gas producer said its adjusted earnings minus the asset
