CANARY WHARF: Am I the only one who finds the fact that

Chevron can boast profits are up 49% for the quarter while all we hear everywhere else (and feel at the petrol pump) is that oil prices are rising due to the instability of the gulf region confusing? I mean couldn't Chevron bring oil prices down 49%, postpone profits for a quarter and ease the pain on the global economy and its powerless minions?