ConocoPhillips doubles down on investor returns after bumper oil and gas profits

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The company’s larger U.S. rivals Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) have also reported strong results, rekindling calls for energy companies to pay more taxes.

Total average realized price was $83.07 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) said, 46% higher compared to a year earlier.

Production was 1.75 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), an increase of 210,000 boed from the same period a year ago.

ConocoPhillips also raised its quarterly dividend by 11% and approved a $20 billion increase in the existing share repurchase program.

The Houston, Texas-based company’s net income rose to $4.5 billion, or $3.55 per share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, from $2.4 billion, or $1.78 per share, a year earlier.