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Table 7-3
Oil and gas extraction and support activities — Selected ratios

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Selected ratios
  2004  2005 2006 2007  2008
Selected ratios  
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.035 0.777 0.689 0.621 0.589
Profit margin (percent) 17.3 21.5 18.8 14.2 18.3
Return on equity (percent) 13.5 14.7 14.5 7.9 8.1
Return on capital employed (percent) 8.5 9.9 10.1 6.5 6.5
Working capital (ratio) 0.862 0.907 0.875 0.805 0.916
Quick ratio (ratio) 0.793 0.827 0.805 0.735 0.834
Inventory turnover (ratio) 30.586 27.954 31.510 28.758 33.585
Receivables turnover (ratio) 4.096 4.407 4.906 4.990 6.733
Taxes to positive adjusted profit (percent) 17.7 16.7 19.8 18.4 17.5
Income taxes to taxable income (percent) 38.1 34.4 36.5 33.3 30.4
        percentage change
Selected items  
Operating revenue, year-over-year change 8.3 19.1 11.7 8.4 25.1
Operating expenses, year-over-year change 11.1 13.0 15.6 14.5 19.2
Operating profit, year-over-year change -3.6 47.9 -2.4 -17.8 61.1
Taxable income (tax base), year-over-year change 95.5 20.6 32.0 -29.6 36.2
Taxes, year-over-year change 117.8 7.7 36.0 -36.1 23.7