ExxonMobil earned US$15.4 billion in the quarter, slightly more than double the US$7.5 billion of the year-earlier period, and Chevron's profit was US$9.9 billion, against US$3.5 billion a year earlier, according to AFP, in a text republished by France 24.

London-based Shell reported a profit of US$12 billion in the third quarter, up 127% from a year earlier, according to CNN.