STRONG prices for crude and refined products helped push major international oil company profits to new heights in the second quarter of 2022 - good news for investors and a remarkable turnaround from the Covid-induced woes of just two years ago. Recovering energy demand and supply disruptions related to Russia's war on Ukraine kept oil and gas prices in record territory for much of the quarter, prompting backlash from consumers, and rumblings about potential windfall taxes, in US and European markets.
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