The world's biggest oil firm raked in a third-quarter net profit of $10.5bn (£5.6bn), up nearly 6% from the same period in 2005.
Oil prices reached a record £78.40 in early June and stayed at over $70 a barrel for much of the period before dipping to about $60 in September.
Meanwhile, production rose about 7% to four million barrels of oil a day.
"Anything over 3% [production growth] is good, and anything over 5% is outstanding," said Gene Pisasale, senior energy analyst at Mercantile Trust.
"For a company like Exxon to perform at that level is really superb."
The $10.5bn profit was the second-largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly-traded US firm.
The biggest quarterly profit came in the final quarter of 2005, when Exxon earned $10.7bn.
Oil prices reached a record £78.40 in early June and stayed at over $70 a barrel for much of the period before dipping to about $60 in September.
Meanwhile, production rose about 7% to four million barrels of oil a day.
"Anything over 3% [production growth] is good, and anything over 5% is outstanding," said Gene Pisasale, senior energy analyst at Mercantile Trust.
"For a company like Exxon to perform at that level is really superb."
The $10.5bn profit was the second-largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly-traded US firm.
The biggest quarterly profit came in the final quarter of 2005, when Exxon earned $10.7bn.
Source: BBC News
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