Brutal US Winter Proves a Boon To Exxon Mobil's First Qtr Results

摘要

Exxon Mobil can thank bad weather in North America for holding up financial results in the first quarter of 2014 to within shouting distance of year ago earnings. The worst winter in at least a quarter-century helped boost US natural gas prices by almost 50% for the nation's largest natural gas producer and offset lower oil prices and declining global oil and European gas output.