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Mining Weekly  Apr 18  Comment 
Australian oil and gas major Woodside has reported a 55% increase in its production for the three months to March, compared with its previous corresponding quarter, as its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project continued to deliver. However,...
The Economic Times  Apr 17  Comment 
The brokerage is of the view that the largest misses for the oil and gas major were in petrochemicals and domestic E&P.
Mining Weekly  Apr 12  Comment 
Australian oil and gas major Woodside on Friday delayed the $4-billion Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development, near James Price Point, saying it was no longer commercial. Woodside said in a statement that an evaluation of the project,...
Reuters  Apr 11  Comment 
The shareholder rebellion against BP's remuneration policy shrank this year, after the oil major made progress in untangling its Russian investments and reducing uncertainty over oil spill liabilities.     
Financial Times  Apr 10  Comment 
The move by ConocoPhillips follows the decision by rivals Shell and Statoil not to go ahead with their plans for the region, in contrast with the Russian oil majors
Financial Times  Apr 5  Comment 
Energy groups to sign deal to develop Siberian ‘tight’ oil riches in the latest collaboration between a Russian entity and a foreign oil major
Financial Times  Apr 2  Comment 
Oil major, which is one of the largest wind generators in the US, continues to withdraw from renewable energy and to focus on core oil and gas operations
Financial Times  Apr 2  Comment 
Oil major submits proposal to build world’s largest facility of its kind in order to exploit remote gasfield off coast of Western Australia
OilVoice  Mar 27  Comment 
Inter Pipeline Fund quotInter Pipelinequot TSXIPL.UN announced that it has entered into binding agreements to provide bitumen blend and diluent transportation services to three major oil sand
Financial Times  Mar 17  Comment 
Political instability and poor contractual terms diminish its allure and many companies are shifting attention to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region




 
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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.

The supermajors are the six largest non-state owned oil companies, formed 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):

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