	mobil australia reports mln dlr loss wholly owned mobil corp mob unit mobil oil australia ltd reported a mln dlr net loss in a turnaround from its mln profit in the loss reflected a combination of strikes plus scheduled and unscheduled refinery shutdowns for maintenance and inventory losses caused by government controls on both crude and product prices mobil said in a statement however equity accounting of associates profits reduced the loss to mln dlrs against a mln profit in mobil said it was confident would see a return to profit as it built further on its company restructuring reuter 
