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Richest oil states should pay climate tax, says former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (www.bbc.com)
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[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Lets look at the Big Oil companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajor:

  • ExxonMobil formerly Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
  • Shell plc formerly Royal Dutch Shell plc
  • TotalEnergies formerly Compagnie française des pétroles
  • British Petroleum
  • Chevron formerly Standard Oil Company of California
  • Marathon Petroleum formerly The Ohio Oil Company
  • Phillips 66 founded in Oklahoma now HQs in Houston Texas
  • Valero , named after Mission San Antonio de Valero aka Alamo Texas
  • Eni - Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi founded and owned by a third by the Italian state
  • ConocoPhillips founded in Utah, HQs now in Houston Texas

Which of these companies is Arabian, Persian, African or South American?

All i can see is US Americans and Europeans, predominantly Englishmen and their descendents.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago

They're just listing western firms which aren't controlled by governments/royalty

  • Aramco
  • ADNOC
  • Kuwait National Peroleum Company

Are all big and what he's talking about

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

The biggest oil producers in 2019 were:

  1. Saudi Aramco(Saudi Arabia)
  2. Rosneft(Russia)
  3. KPC(Kuwait)
  4. NIOC(Iran)
  5. CNPC(China)
  6. ExxonMobil(USA)
  7. Petrobras(Brazil)
  8. ADNOC(UAE)
  9. Cehvron(USA)
  10. Pemex(Mexico)

https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/companies-by-oil-production/?cf-view

So one European with Rosneft and two US American with ExxonMobil and Chevron.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

The use of the term in the popular media often excludes the national producers and OPEC oil companies who have a much greater global role in setting prices than the supermajors.

But yes, the USA does produce more oil than Saudi Arabia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_production