July 30, 2006, 12:07AM
LYNN J. COOK
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
John Hofmeister: President, Shell Oil Co. |
High prices, war in the Middle East and global warming concerns have transformed energy from a dull industry taken for granted by many Americans into a top-of-the-mind pocketbook issue for consumers.
The Chronicle posed 10 questions to several top executives of the world’s major oil companies on topics ranging from gasoline prices to U.S. energy security to hefty company profits.
Some of the CEO answers — delivered by e-mail last week as BP, Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips were reporting their second quarter financial results — might be surprising.