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Reuters
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The prosecution said on Friday it would appeal a French court's decision to drop charges against a subsidiary of oil major Total over a 2001 chemical blast that killed 31 people.
Reuters
Nov 19
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A French court on Thursday dismissed an attempt to hold oil major Total and its former boss responsible for a 2001 blast at a chemical factory that killed 31 people and injured thousands more.
Upstream Online
Nov 19
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Supermajors BP and ConocoPhillips have reduced their investment and
development budgets for the state in 2010, top officials from the companies
said today.
StreetInsider.com
Nov 17
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The Economic Times
Nov 15
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RIL has been studying breakthroughs and new technologies that are being used in producing shale gas that is now a huge rage in US. What are Ambanis fighting for?
Reuters
Nov 13
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French oil major Total has admitted safety breaches and to polluting ground water, in connection with an explosion at a fuel depot in England in 2005.
Reuters
Nov 13
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The chief executive of French oil major Total SA said on Thursday that low global demand does not justify the current high price for oil, above $76 a barrel.
The Economic Times
Nov 9
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Global oil biggies stay out on monopoly concerns while Chinese companies are not in the picture yet. What are the Ambanis fighting for? | Gas row: Full Coverage
Jutia Group
Nov 9
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Businessweek: In June many of the world's biggest energy companies walked away from bidding on potentially rich oil fields in Iraq. While they liked the billions of barrels of reserves that were on offer, ENI, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell,...
Money Morning
Nov 7
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By Jason Simpkins
Managing Editor
Money Morning
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE ADR: RDS.A, RDS.B) on Thursday won the right to develop Iraq's West Qurna-1 oilfield.
The agreement is the third such deal this...
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WIKI ANALYSISTOP CONTRIBUTORS
The oil majors are vertically integrated oil and gas companies involved in all stages of the oil industry - exploration, production, refining, trading, marketing, and, sometimes, transportation.
Of the oil majors, the supermajors are international, and were formed in during the consolidation of the oil industry during the mid-1990s:
In the middle of the 20th century, the world's most powerful oil companies were known as the "Seven Sisters". On March 11th, 2007, the Financial Times named a "New Seven Sisters" (most of which are state-owned):
- Saudi Aramco - Saudi Arabia
- Gazprom - Russia
- China National Petroleum Company - China
- National Iranian Oil Company - Iran
- Petroleos De Venezuela SA - Venezuela
- Petrobras - Brazil
- Petronas - Malaysia
Companies in the Oil & Gas Majors Industry (13)
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