Most of their operating profit comes from the U.S.. Everyone's been hurt by rising oil and gas, especially smaller and mid-sized pickups.

The companies stand to do some profit because the oil is already there. All they have to do is take it off the ground.

I'm a little surprised the oil prices haven't hurt the market more.

There's been a lot of selling and profit taking — across all asset classes, actually. Oil is weaker, gold, silver, platinum and palladium are weaker, and base metals are weaker. It's just fed on itself.

Exxon Mobil reported record profit and people expect the same thing for oil producers' 2005 profit.

This is a staggering profit and proof that we are being gouged by the oil industry,