Date updated:06-22-2008
The price of oil may be peaking in the current range of $130 to $140 a barrel. Here's where you want to be when the bubble bursts.

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DVN
Devon Energy Cp ( - $77.40
- -6.19%
- $77.17
Few oil stocks would be safe if crude falls $20 to $30 a barrel. Independent exploration and production companies like Devon Energy (DVN), Apache (APA) and XTO Energy (XTO) could get hit hard because they're up sharply in the past year.

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APA
Apache Cp - $86.46
- -4.44%
- $87.01
Few oil stocks would be safe if crude falls $20 to $30 a barrel. Independent exploration and production companies like Devon Energy (DVN), Apache (APA) and XTO Energy (XTO) could get hit hard because they're up sharply in the past year.

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XTO
Xto Energy Inc - $38.18
- -7.73%
- $39.23
Few oil stocks would be safe if crude falls $20 to $30 a barrel. Independent exploration and production companies like Devon Energy (DVN), Apache (APA) and XTO Energy (XTO) could get hit hard because they're up sharply in the past year.

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XOM
Exxon Mobil Cp - $77.32
- -0.80%
- $75.65
Bernstein's McMahon estimates Exxon could earn $12 share in 2009, versus the current consensus of $9, if oil holds $130 and natural gas averages $11 per thousand cubic feet; it is now around $13. This suggests Exxon, at 86, may be trading for just seven times estimated '09 profits.

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CVX
Chevron Corp - $76.84
- -3.20%
- $77.64
The majors, including ExxonMobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX) and ConocoPhillips (COP), might hold up better because they have refining and related businesses like chemicals, whose profitability isn't directly linked to crude and natural-gas prices.

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COP
Conocophillips - $64.74
- -2.12%
- $63.10
Conoco and Chevron also could earn far more than the current '09 consensus under the same oil and gas scenario, Bernstein estimates

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BP
Bp Plc - $45.65
- -4.40%
- $46.81
Some of the biggest oil companies, notably ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell (RDS/A) and BP (BP), have badly lagged in the past year. BP, for one, has been beset by problems, including a troubled joint venture in Russia.

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MRO
Marathon Oil Corp - $33.46
- -5.96%
- $34.41
McMahon favors BP, Royal Dutch and Marathon Oil (MRO).
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