Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. In the 1980s, Shell grew through acquisition and started some of its challenging offshore exploration projects. During the 1990s Shell founded its LNG business and in early 2000 it started moving into new growth areas in the East. In 2005, Royal Dutch and Shell Transport were unified under Royal Dutch Shell plc. more…
PetroChina Company Limited (“PetroChina”) is one of the largest oil companies in the world, and the largest oil and gas producer and distributor, in China contributing significantly to the country’s sales revenue. PetroChina aspires to become an international energy company with strong competitiveness and one of the major producers and distributors of petroleum and petrochemical products in the world. Its business activities are related to oil and natural gas, and includes: exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas; refining, transportation, storage and marketing of crude oil and oil products; the production and marketing of primary petrochemical products, derivative chemicals and other chemicals; transportation of natural gas, crude oil and refined oil, and marketing of natural gas. more…
With headquarters in Houston, Texas ConocoPhillips is the third-largest integrated energy company in the United States; based on market capitalization, oil and natural gas reserves, the company understands and strives to maintain its responsibility to deliver energy in a safe, environmentally and socially responsible manner within its worldwide operations. more…
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (“Sinopec Corp.”) is one of the largest integrated energy and chemical companies in China, which is engaged in aspects of oil and gas exploration and production; oil refining; production, marketing, and transportation of petrochemicals and other chemical products; research, development and application of technology and information. more…
Chevron Corporation is an energy company active in more than 180 countries; it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron is one of the world’s six largest oil companies with a workforce of over 67,000 people worldwide and approximately 5, 000 service station employees. more…
Recognized as the fifth largest publicly-traded integrated international oil and gas company in the world and a major actor in the chemicals business, Total has operations in over 130 countries on five continents with approximately 97,000 employees. more…
Gazprom is one of the world’s largest energy companies with major business operations in geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and marketing of hydrocarbons as well as generation and marketing of heat and electric power. Gazprom’s mission is to “ensure maximally efficient and balanced gas supply to Russian customers and reliably fulfill long-term gas export contracts”. more…
Exxon Mobil Corporation is recognized as the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company operating in global countries such as Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore and Thailand; business research for oil and natural gas is conducted on six continents. The company markets products and services ideal for business and consumer use, from marketers and distributors to end consumers such as large power plants and industrial users; fuels and lubricants are marketed under three brands: more…
Founded in 1889 BP plc (formerly British Petroleum plc) are the third largest global energy company and the fifth largest company in the world. With headquarters in London, England, the multinational oil company is the largest corporation in the United Kingdom and falls among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world. BP plc employs over 90,000 people in 100 countries around the world; as of December 2008 the company had 22,600 service stations, active in 29 countries. more…