However, underlying performance is strong, amplified by high but volatile prices of oil, gas and products.

The recent hurricanes in the U.S. have impacted our results. However, underlying performance is strong, amplified by high but volatile prices of oil, gas and products, ... We anticipate production from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to be back to normal, with the exception of the Shell-operated Mars project, by the end of the year.

Having debug and performance analysis tools in place for early adopters of the 34K cores was critical to their success. FS2 System Navigator tools allow licensees to not only debug their design but also optimize their code for the 34K cores' multi-threaded architecture. Our early licensees are very engaged and happy with FS2's solution.

The market is actually putting on a pretty good performance in the face of this oil move up to new highs.

The oil price will not help shares. After such a strong performance yesterday, the market will be under some pressure.

BP's fourth quarter result was particularly hit by the continued shutdown of our Texas City refinery [and] during its refurbishment.