What are the three largest oil companies in the world?

BRY2K

Fully fifty percent of the largest companies on the planet today are oil companies. The top 3 are: Exxon Mobile Royal Dutch Shell BP http://www.quoteoil.com/oil-companies.html May 23 08, 8:44 PM

author

I might want to challenge you on this one. It seems to me as if you are talking about the largest non-state-owned companies. I don't know if this reference is outdated, but it shows other companies that are bigger than the ones you mention. http://www.gravmag.com/oil2.html May 23 08, 8:51 PM

intergalactic9

1. National Iranian Oil Company 2. Saudi Arabian Oil Company 3. Iraq National Oil company http://www.petrostrategies.org/Links/Worlds_Largest_Oil_and_Gas_Companies_Sites.htm May 24 08, 3:25 PM

author

Your list is from 2006. The top two seem to have changed places in the next statistics from 2007 (according to Wikipedia). Quote: The biggest petroleum companies in terms of oil reserves, figures in billions of barrels as of 2007: * Saudi Arabian Oil Company 295 * National Iranian Oil Company 287 * Qatar Petroleum 165 * Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 137 * Iraq National Oil Company 137 * Gazprom 115 * Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 107 * Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. 102 * Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 62 * National Oil Corporation (Libya) 45 * Sonatrach 40 * Rosneft 35 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_companies May 24 08, 4:20 PM

Lightbulbing

In Alphabetical order : Abu Dhabi National Oil Company BHP Billiton, Australia BP, United Kingdom Exxon Mobil Chevron ConocoPhillips Citgo, Venezuela Gazprom, Russia (Largest Per Barrell Refining in Russia) Global Energy Swiss AG, ZUG, Swizterland Gulf Oil, Luxembourg Iraq National Oil Company Kuwait Gulf Oil Company, Kuwait Locstein Petroleum Commodities, Switzerland (Reported Multi Billion Dollar Buying Capabilities) LUKoil, Russia Nippon Oil, Japan Oman Oil Company (OOC), Oman Petrobras Petrochina, China (Largest globally) Petrolos De Venezuela PETRONAS, Malaysia Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Questar, United States of America Reliance Industries Limited, India Repsol YPF, Spain ( Largest Spanish End User ) Rosneft, Russia (Second Largest in Russia ) Royal Dutch Shell, Netherlands Sasol, South Africa Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia (the largest in the world) Shell Canada, Canada (subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell) Shell Oil Company, United States of America (subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, SOCAR Azerbaijan Sonatrach Total, France May 17 10, 4:02 AM