RE:Refining & Marketing Were ~ 1/3 SU Q4 Funds From Operations.Eigen337 wrote: "Funds from operations of $3.016 billion ($1.83 per common share) represents a new quarterly record for the company. Cash flow provided by operating activities, which includes changes in noncash working capital, was $2.755 billion ($1.67 per common share).
Refinery utilization of 94% and a continued favourable business environment helped the Refining and Marketing (R&M) segment contribute $935 million in funds from operations and $746 million in operating earnings in the quarter."
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In today's operating environment (partly due to hurricane damage on US Gulf Coast), the REFINERS and MARKETERS of petroleum products are the new gold mines !!!
This is my opinion only.
Eigen337
and it still dropped 2%.. imagine if they had a bad quarter