Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008 (Performance Profiles 2008), “a legislatively mandated annual report to the U.S. Congress, was released on December 18, 2009. Performance Profiles 2008 presents a comprehensive financial review and analysis of the domestic and worldwide operations of the major U.S.-based energy-producing companies. The report examines the majors’ operations primarily on a consolidated corporate level, by individual lines of business and business segments, and by various geographic regions.”