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BusinessWeek
Nov 4
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Oil companies are finding it harder to resist the huge volume of crude in Iraq, but their change of heart could increase tensions in OPEC
Wall Street Journal
Nov 2
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China National Offshore Oil is considering building battery-changing stations for electric vehicles, part of a broader push by the state-owned oil giant that could give a boost to alternative vehicles in China's huge market.
Upstream Online
Nov 2
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Iraq's Oil Ministry signed an initial agreement today with a consortium led by
Italian oil major Eni to develop the 4-billion-barrel Zubair oilfield.
Upstream Online
Oct 30
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US supermajor Chevron is confident in its ability to exploit shale gas in the
US despite the challenges this type of resource poses for oil major
companies, the head of the company said today.
The Globe and Mail
Oct 30
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Oil major pumps more oil in third quarter in effort to make up for lower crude prices
Reuters
Oct 30
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Oil major BP Plc said it had been censured by U.S. safety regulator Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over a 2005 explosion at its Texas City refinery which killed 15 workers.
The Globe and Mail
Oct 29
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Stocks are surging, but some market watchers urge caution. And the latest in retail: Mad Men suits, Real Housewives yoga wear
The Globe and Mail
Oct 29
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Exxon profit falls 68 per cent, Shell cuts 5,000 jobs, Eni lowers production target
Upstream Online
Oct 28
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Iraqi Kurdistan's reappointed Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami renewed his
insistence that Kurdish authorities be involved in any deals Iraq signs with
foreign oil majors over the Kirkuk oilfields.
Reuters
Oct 27
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ConocoPhillips said on Tuesday that it has planned maintenance under way at its 185,000 barrels-per-day Trainer, Pennsylvania, oil refinery, but the oil major gave no further details. (Reporting by Haitham Haddadin)
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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.
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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