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| 2003 Annual Report | 
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of Independent Auditors We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ConocoPhillips as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in common stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of ConocoPhillips at December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2003 ConocoPhillips adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations,” SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” and in 2001 ConocoPhillips changed its method of accounting for the costs of major maintenance turnarounds.
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